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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan raised support for the production of storage batteries to up to $2.2 billion, the government said, pledging nearly $1 billion in new subsidies…

Prices for most commodities have moved lower year to date, with coal, natural gas and nickel among the big decliners, suggesting inflation has reached its peak…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Production at U.S. factories almost stalled in May as manufacturing struggled under the weight of higher interest rates, data showed on Thursday. Manufacturing…

Business inventories in the U.S. rose a mild 0.2% in April after falling by the similar amount in March. Sales in the month increased 0.1%, the…

(Reuters) – Manufacturers in the U.S. Northeast grew more optimistic about the near-term business outlook this month even as current conditions remained mixed across the region.…

The numbers: Two U.S. regional gauges of manufacturing sentiment showed signs in June that they may be improving after a rough patch, according to data released…

By Lisa Baertlein and Kanjyik Ghosh (Reuters) -The Longshore union and employers of 22,000 dockworkers at U.S. West Coast ports on Wednesday said they have reached…

The amount of money banks borrowed from the Federal Reserve rose for the sixth week in a row and remained above $100 billion, indicating that the…

(Reuters) – Haiti has made “significant progress” on governance issues such as transparency, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday, as its management wrapped up…

Ticketmaster parent Live Nation Entertainment Inc. on Thursday introduced a plan to show customers total prices for tickets, with the company making its pledge as part…