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Story developing. Stay tuned for updates here. The numbers: Initial jobless claims fell by 4,000 to 228,000 in the week ended Aug. 26, the Labor Department…

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia and the European Union will resume free trade talks on Thursday with a teleconference between Australia’s Trade Minister Don…

Bank of Japan policy board member Toyoaki Nakamura said Thursday that the bank would continue its easy policy stance because Japan hasn’t achieved its inflation goal…

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday the main text for a project that extends a payroll tax exemption for 17 economic…

Benchmark European government bond yields fell alongside the euro as traders reduced bets on an imminent interest rate hike by the bloc’s central bank after data…

By James Pomfret and Elaine Lies HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) – In Hong Kong’s highest court, five judges are deliberating whether to recognise same-sex marriages conducted overseas.…

Two- and 10-year Treasury yields fell further into their lowest levels in three weeks on Thursday, as investors look ahead to Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report for…

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s government prepared measures to boost consumer spending as data on Thursday showed retail sales plunged in July by the…

The Biden White House’s budget office is pushing for passage of a short-term funding measure to avoid a partial federal government shutdown on Oct. 1, when the…

(Reuters) – U.S. officials are exploring ways to allow a broader base of financial firms, including nonbank mortgage lenders, to borrow from Federal Home Loan Banks,…