Italy works on extending Alitalia loan deadline: source
ROME (Reuters) – Italy is working on an extension of as much as six months to a Dec. 15 deadline for Alitalia to repay a 900 million euro ($1 billion)…
Danske shares slide as U.S. criminal inquiry spooks investors
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danske Bank’s (DANSKE.CO) deepening money laundering scandal dragged its shares to a four-year low on Friday as Denmark’s biggest bank sought to calm investors over the impact…
Dollar and global bonds track surge in Treasury yields, stocks sag
LONDON (Reuters) – A rise in U.S. Treasury yields to their highest levels since mid-2011 pulled global bond yields higher across the board and boosted the dollar on Thursday, while…
Canadian dollar, stocks rise as NAFTA salvaged
LONDON (Reuters) – Optimism about a reconstituted free trade agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico and what it could mean for trade relations elsewhere helped world markets kick…
Oil above $80 lifts stocks, offsets trade and bond market chill
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares rose and Wall Street was set for a stronger open on Tuesday, as oil above $80 a barrel lifted energy shares, despite worries around the…
Canada’s Barrick Gold to buy Randgold Resources in $18.3 billion deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Randgold Resources Ltd (RRS.L) said on Monday it agreed to the terms of a recommended share-for-share merger with Canada’s Barrick Gold Corp (ABX.TO) in a deal worth…
Global shares knocked after new U.S. tariff threat on Chinese goods
LONDON (Reuters) – European share markets followed Asian counterparts lower on Monday as investors took fright at news Washington was set to announce a new round of tariffs on Chinese…
Take Five: World markets themes for the week ahead
LONDON (Reuters) – Following are five big themes likely to dominate the thinking of investors and traders in the coming week, and the Reuters stories related to them. Offshore oil…
UK’s Sky to invest in Israeli VC fund and open Berlin office
(Reuters) – Pay-TV group Sky plans to step up investments in tech start-ups in Europe and the Middle East by opening a new office in Germany and investing $4 million…
Global stocks climb; markets hail U.S.-Mexico trade deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A global stocks index advanced to more than five-month highs on Tuesday, the day after a U.S.-Mexico trade deal boosted investor confidence. A trader works on…