(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is far less likely to start cutting interest rates as soon as September, traders bet on Friday, after a U.S. government report showed employers created many more jobs and paid higher wages last month than expected. Nonfarm payrolls rose 272,000 in May, compared with the 185,000 expected, and average hourly…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. planemaker Boeing faces a “long road” to address safety issues, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday as it prepares to receive the company’s plan to address concerns. In late February, FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker gave Boeing 90 days to develop a comprehensive plan to address “systemic quality-control…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops battled Palestinian fighters in Khan Younis in southern Gaza and destroyed tunnels and other infrastructure, as they sought to suppress small militant units that have continued to hit troops with mortar fire, the military said on Friday. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said troops had killed around 100 Palestinian fighters…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration faced increasing pressure from both Republicans and his fellow Democrats on Wednesday to ease restrictions on how Ukraine can use weapons provided by the United States in its war against Russia. Senator Ben Cardin, the Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, noted…
(Reuters) – The Biden administration is urging big technology companies to ramp up efforts to curb antisemitic content on their platforms, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Representatives from companies including Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and X met on Thursday with U.S. special envoy Deborah Lipstadt to monitor and combat antisemitism. Lipstadt requested that each company…
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday support for U.S. central bank independence remains “very strong” in Congress, pushing back on concerns surfaced in recent news coverage that the hands-off status the Fed largely enjoys may be jeopardized by a second presidency of Donald Trump. “I’m less worried about that than…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Nippon Steel Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori met with U.S. Steel’s employees and community leaders this week to gain better understanding of its proposed acquisition of the U.S. company and saw positive reaction, a company spokesperson said. Mori, the key negotiator for the U.S. Steel deal, returned to the United States this week,…
