Take Five: Fed straight ahead

A U.S. Federal Reserve meeting and Apple and Amazon reporting results will keep investors' focus in the days ahead on the global rates outlook and on tech earnings, while growth and inflation data ... Read More

Take Five: Dancing to the dollar's beat

Just when it looked like rate cuts were coming any minute now, inflation has reared its head and the strength of the dollar is forcing other central bankers to protect their currencies and reconsider ... Read More

5 world market themes for the week ahead

Markets are ... in the days ahead. Promising signs of a long-awaited turnaround in China's economy keep building, helping keep stocks close to multi-month highs into a two-day public holiday ... Read More

Take Five: A shiny new quarter

LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - A tumultuous first quarter is coming to an end and the "buy everything" party is in full swing across markets, but the coming week ... investors may take some heart ... Read More

Take Five: Consumers, votes and earnings

LONDON, April 12 (Reuters ... descend on Washington for the IMF/World Bank Spring meetings. Here's your heads-up on what's coming in markets next week from Lewis Krauskopf in New York, Rae ... Read More

Take Five: All about June

April 5 (Reuters) - Markets are looking for ... and U.S. banks kick off the earnings season. Here's your week ahead primer in world markets from Yoruk Bahceli in Amsterdam, Lewis Krauskopf in ... Read More

Are Earth Day And National Park Week Just Marketing Gimmicks?

Whether you celebrate Earth Day, National Park Week or World Environment Day, you can’t escape the many ways these celebrations strive to bring more attention to the ... Read More

World News

New guidance carries a clear message to men abroad who may be avoiding the draft ... Venice’s first day of charging a fee to enter the historic center went mostly smoothly, but there were ... Read More

Morning Bid: Powell dashes easing hopes, markets dented again

Investors in Asia hoping for some relief from surging U.S. bond yields and a rampant dollar would have been deflated by remarks on Tuesday from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, and will likely go ... Read More

4-day workweeks may be around the corner. A third of America’s companies are exploring them

Burnout is such a problem for workers that some bosses are considering shrinking the length of the workweek. Nearly one-third (30%) of large US companies are exploring new work schedule shifts such as ... Read More

May Holidays and Observances to Celebrate Year After Year

These are all the May holidays, from Mother's Day and Teacher Appreciation Week to Star Wars Day and International Harry Potter Day So check out the many May holidays below—including some ... Read More