This marks the strongest inflation in close to a decade, and remains far above the central bank 3.6% target for this year.Annualized inflation last exceeded current levels in February 2015 while the m ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) -European Union and South American negotiators ended two days of trade negotiations on Friday with "significant progress" on contentious issues that have been holding up the long-ov ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shanghai-based Guotai Junan Securities is set to acquire its cross-town rival Haitong Securities via a share swap, creating a state-backed sector leader with $230 billion in asse ...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's president said there was an "inescapable need" to bring down the country's mammoth public debt, but warned on Friday that markets' perception was a "questionable" indicator of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors poured $61 billion into cash-like money market funds in the week to Wednesday, as they braced for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates for the first time in four year ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties, already at odds with coalition partners over demands to draft young religious men into the army, are again testing the unity of Prime Minister Be ...

TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar slid to a one-month trough versus the yen and a one-week low on the euro on Friday, as a mixed bag of U.S. job market indicators stirred caution ahead of a crucial m ...

The BoE's Decision Maker Panel, which is closely watched by members of the Monetary Policy Committee, showed businesses during the three months to August expected selling prices to increase by 3.6% ov ...

LONDON (Reuters) - World share and oil prices stabilised on Thursday after savage starts to September, while the yen climbed to a one-month high and government bond markets rallied as investors stuck ...

Here are a few key facts about Barnier:* 1951 - Born Jan. 9 in La Tronche, a suburb of the French Alpine city of Grenoble. * 1978 - Elected to parliament aged 27, representing the Gaullist, centr ...