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A passerby walks past an electric monitor displaying various countries' stock price index outside a bank in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDec 4 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in…

NEW YORK, Dec 1(Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 index (.SPX) closed at its highest level of the year on Friday amid growing optimism the Federal Reserve was done raising U.S. interest rates and could begin to cut them next year as…

An employee works on a production line manufacturing steel structures at a factory in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China May 17, 2020. Picture taken May 17, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsChina's private…

HONG KONG, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Singapore and Zurich tied for the world's most expensive city this year, followed by Geneva, New York and Hong Kong, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said on Thursday as it cautioned that the global…

An aerial view shows a crude oil tanker at an oil terminal off Waidiao island in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China January 4, 2023. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 30 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell in early…

A trader works at his desk at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTwo-year Treasury yields hit 4-month lowEuro zone sovereign bond yields fallEuro STOXX…

A general view of the business district in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Acquire Licensing RightsCOLOMBO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has been informed that a debt-restructuring agreement with…

LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - From mid-2021 until late 2022, Europe and parts of Asia were gripped by an energy crisis, as oil, gas, coal and power prices surged, in some cases to record highs, forcing households and firms to cut use…

Shein yet to determine IPO size, valued at over $60 bln in MayIPO comes amid challenging markets and U.S. scrutinyFast-fashion retailers still behind Amazon on salesNov 27 (Reuters) - Fashion company Shein has confidentially filed to go…

China records first quarterly foreign direct investment deficitExecs worry about China slowdown, geopolitics, regulationsTrend could weigh on yuan, chip away at growth potential-analystChina-focused buyout fundraising has ground to a…