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BEIJING, July 16 (Reuters) - Chinese state firm employee Zhang Jinming makes up for a 24% cut to his salary by delivering food for three hours every night after work and on weekends - and hopes he can avoid awkward encounters with colleagues.

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Gold-fringed real estate magnate Donald Trump is attacking someone else over a costly renovation. Improbably, it might be the most immediate threat to the Federal Reserve’s independence.

TradingKey - On 3 July 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed into law by President Trump the following day. In the short term, the Act—particularly its tax reduction provisions—is expected to provide a boost to the U.S. economy.

With the passage of the $3.4 trillion fiscal overhaul, which sectors and ETFs are poised to benefit from tax cuts and defense spending — and which face headwinds from social program cuts?

July 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's antitrust enforcers recently cleared a string of multibillion-dollar deals in a week, demonstrating a willingness to settle with companies that marks a shift from the Biden administration.

BRASILIA, July 10 (Reuters) - When U.S. President Donald Trump linked 50% tariffs on Brazil to the trial against his ally, the country's former far-right leader, Washington left Latin America's largest economy with few options to deescalate but may have overestimated the country's vulnerability to t

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TradingKey - The first half of 2025 delivered a mixed bag for global asset markets—but three names stood out clearly at the top: gold, European equities, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index.

WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) - As U.S. President Donald Trump worked to pass his signature spending bill, he blended charm and threats, bestowed gifts and bellowed frustration to bend Congress to his will.

NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's tax-cut and spending bill, which passed Congress on Thursday, averts the near-term prospect of a U.S. government default but makes America’s long-term debt problems even worse.

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. tax and spending bill passed on July 3 is expected to add more than $3 trillion to the country’s deficit over the next decade. If the current debt trajectory continues unabated, it could set off a slow motion debt spiral that could endanger ...

WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Donald Trump just won the most Pyrrhic of victories. The Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday narrowly passed the U.S. president’s budget proposal, misleadingly dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” It mortgages the country’s future ...

TradingKey - Having missed out on NVIDIA in the AI hardware field and failed to keep up with Palantir in the AI software field, those looking to continue riding the AI wave may find humanoid robots—the "best carriers of AI"—to be the next explosive track. Almost everyone is predicting that 2025 ...

LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - There has been much discussion of the so-called "Trump put" for equities, but perhaps more attention should be paid to the administration's effective "Treasury Put".Given the high U.S. public debt burden, the government must keep interest ...

By Manishi Raychaudhuri HONG KONG, June 25 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India's recent jumbo rate cuts took economists by surprise, as many indicators point to an economy chugging along nicely. Why then did the RBI need to frontload monetary stimulus? The RBI on June 6 cut the repo rate by...

By Gavin MaguireLITTLETON, Colorado, June 18 (Reuters) - Energy equity investors are adjusting positions across the U.S. power sector in an attempt to pick winners and cut losers ahead of the final passing of President Donald Trump's tax-and-spending bill.The "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act"...

KANANASKIS, Canada, June 18 (Reuters) - Japanese premier Shigeru Ishiba's bid to get U.S. President Donald Trump to relax tariffs imperiling his country's economy and his political future fell flat this week, underlining the gulf between the allies as more levies are set to kick in.

ORLANDO, Florida, June 17 (Reuters) - As debate rages around 'de-dollarization' and the world's appetite for dollar-denominated assets, one major cohort of overseas investors appears to be quietly backing away from U.S. securities: central banks.

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill would make it harder for American critical minerals companies to compete with China because it eliminates a tax credit for boosting domestic production of nickel, rare earths and other materials used in advanced...