A broad swath of businesses from manufacturers and insurers to multinational technology companies would see their federal taxes increase if President Joe Biden’s tax proposals are passed by Congress later this year.

TOKYO, April 9 Reuters Japanese shares rose on Friday in broadbased buying, driven by growing expectations that companies will report healthy profits and issue upbeat forecasts in the coming days as corporate earnings reports start to roll in. The Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.43 to 29,837.54 by 0204 GMT, while the broader Topix gained 0.64 […]

The dollar gained slightly on Friday but was still heading for its softest week of the year after surprisingly weak U.S. jobs figures the previous day and ongoing loose Federal Reserve policy prompted investors to trim their bets. The dollar is on track for a nearly 1 weekly fall against a basket of major currencies, […]

Sterling steadied on Friday, having touched a twomonth low against the dollar in early London trading, and was set for its biggest weekly drop against the euro so far this year, hurt by profittaking after a strong first quarter. The pound had its best quarter against the euro since 2015 in the first three months […]

Bank said it could drop customers to meet climate goals and pledged $1 trillion towards net-zero funding.

Performance among thematic exchange-traded funds can vary widely, outweighing relatively minor differences in fees and emphasizing the importance of product selection.

How can investors, constrained by a broad-based benchmark, create a portfolio that is expressive of gender-equality goals, and what do the resulting portfolios look like?

ROME, April 8 Reuters World food prices rose for a 10th consecutive month in March, hitting their highest level since June 2014, led by jumps in vegetable oils, meat and dairy indices, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organizations food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket […]

The London Stock Exchange Group said it was investigating what caused an outage of around two hours on Thursday at its newlyacquired Refinitiv market data unit. The outage on Refinitivs Eikon platform began at around 0730 GMT, prompting several subscribers who rely on its data for trading currencies and other assets to say on Twitter […]

Stocks in Europe reached record highs on Thursday, buoyed by optimism in Britain over easing lockdown restrictions, while a benign outlook for U.S. interest rates was set to push Wall Street to new heights. The European STOXX index of leading 600 companies rose 0.3, hitting a new high of 436.66 points. Londons blue chip FTSE […]