By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Most major stock indexes were higher at the start of a holiday-shortened week on Monday, with shares of Nvidia rising, while the yen strengthened against the U.S. dollar after Japanese officials warned against “one-sided and sharp” currency moves. Gold and silver jumped to record highs, and…
By Manya Saini Dec 22 (Reuters) – Coinbase said on Monday it will buy prediction markets startup The Clearing Company, its tenth acquisition this year, as the crypto exchange looks to expand beyond its core digital assets business. Prediction markets let users buy and sell contracts tied to the outcomes of real-world events, ranging from…
By Idrees Ali Dec 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told Reuters on Sunday, in what would be the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than a week. One of the officials said the tanker was under sanctions. The…
(Corrects spelling in story identifier to RUSSIA-CYBER/UKRAINE) By AJ Vicens Dec 19 (Reuters) – Russian technology companies working on air defense, sensitive electronics and other defense applications were targeted in recent weeks by a cyber espionage group using AI-generated decoy documents, according to a cybersecurity analyst. The discovery by cybersecurity firm Intezer shows how AI…
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, reversing the prior week’s surge and suggesting labor market conditions remained stable in December. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 224,000 for the week ended December 13, the Labor Department said…
By Amina Niasse and Ahmed Aboulenein NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Americans facing skyrocketing Obamacare health insurance premiums could still get a break from expanded government subsidies in 2026 through retroactive legislation and possibly a special enrollment period, investors, analysts and industry experts say. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party have been divided…
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – U.S. private equity giant Carlyle has hired Goldman Sachs to work on its bid for Lukoil assets, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, as the race for the sanctioned Russian oil firm’s overseas portfolio heats up. At least a dozen potential suitors have expressed interest in…
By Nellie Peyton and Ted Hesson JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – South Africa on Wednesday said its authorities had arrested and would deport seven Kenyan nationals illegally working on processing refugee applications for the U.S. government. Two U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services refugee officers were also briefly detained and then released during the operation on…
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, the deputy commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, as director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command, the Pentagon said Thursday in a statement. A former Special Forces officer from South Carolina, Rudd would be elevated…
Dec 18 (Reuters) – There is “no doubt” that round-the-clock trading will be the norm across markets, Tradeweb’s Chief Executive Officer wrote in a letter published on Thursday, highlighting the pace at which the idea is gaining traction across Wall Street. Billy Hult, who oversees the rates and credit trading platform handling around $2.9 trillion…
