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Bloomberg “U.S. Stocks Mixed, Dollar Weakens Before Rate Call: Markets Wrap” U.S. stocks remained listless, the dollar slipped and Treasuries edged higher as investors count down to the Federal Reserve’s rate decision and press conference. Commodi...
Bloomberg “Portugal Bonds Lead Peripheral Rally on Debt Rating Upgrade.” Portuguese debt led a rally in euro-area peripheral bonds after S&P Global Ratings raised the nation’s credit rating to investment grade. The yield on benchmark 10-year note...
Reuters “Improvised 'terrorist' bomb on packed London commuter train injures 22.” A home-made bomb on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London engulfed a carriage in flames and injured 22 people on Friday in what police said was Britain’s fifth...
Bloomberg “45,000 Evacuated Across Russia After Wave of Bomb Threats.” More than 45,000 people have been evacuated from airports, schools and government buildings across Russia over the last two days amid a wave of fake bomb threats that officials c...
Bloomberg “Dollar Advances With Stocks as Irma Threat Recedes.” The dollar gained, Treasuries retreated and stocks advanced as an appetite for risk returned after an anticipated North Korean missile test failed to materialize and Hurricane Irma stru...
New York Times “Caribbean Devastated as Irma Heads Toward Florida.” One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded crescendoed over the Caribbean on Thursday, crumpling islands better known as beach paradises into half-habitable emergenc...
Bloomberg “Irma Has Florida Bracing for Atlantic's Strongest Storm Yet.” Hurricane Irma, the most powerful storm to form in the open Atlantic Ocean, made landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday and barreled toward Puerto Rico on a path that may br...
Bloomberg “Bitcoin Tumbles as PBOC Declares Initial Coin Offerings Illegal.” China’s central bank said initial coin offerings are illegal and asked all related fundraising activity to be halted immediately, issuing the strongest regulatory challen...
Reuters “U.S. job growth slows in August; wage growth retreats.” U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in August after two straight months of hefty gains, but the pace of increase should be more than sufficient for the Federal Reserve to announc...
Bloomberg “U.S. Second-Quarter Growth Revised to 3% in Momentum Boost.” U.S. second-quarter growth was revised upward to the fastest pace in two years on stronger household spending and a bigger gain in business investment, putting the economy on a ...