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Fed's Barr says wrong to lower liquidity rules to shrink Fed holdings
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said Thursday that lowering banks' liquidity rules to reduce the size of the central bank's balance sheet is a ba...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
New Zealand manufacturing expansion nearly stalls in April, survey shows
SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - New Zealand's manufacturing index marginally expanded in April, but the sector's growth slowed to a six-month low as the conflict in the Middle East drove up costs and disru...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
FEMSA's NetPay brings digital payments to Mexico gas stations as Sheinbaum pushes shift from cash
MEXICO CITY, May 14 (Reuters) - Mexican retail and bottling group FEMSA, which runs OXXO convenience stores and gas stations, said on Thursday its payments unit NetPay was launching a digital payments...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
Trump touts business wins as China airs Iran, Taiwan concerns
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Liz Lee BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump entered his final talks with Xi Jinping on Friday touting economic wins that gave markets little to cheer, while...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
Trading Day: Summits, in Beijing and stocks
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, May 14 (Reuters) - Another day, another record high for the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and many stock markets around the world on Thursday, as the Xi-Trump summit in China and...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
Exclusive-Largest Papa John's franchisee joins Irth in buyout bid for pizza chain, sources say
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - Investment firm Irth Capital is working with Papa John's International's largest U.S. franchisee, who controls around 10% of the pizza chain's domes...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
Applied Materials sees quarterly revenue above estimates on sustained AI spending
By Juby Babu May 14 (Reuters) - Applied Materials on Thursday forecast third-quarter revenue and adjusted profit above Wall Street estimates, betting that heavy spending on data centers and AI infrast...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
Argentina inflation dips in April
BUENOS AIRES, May 14 (Reuters) - Argentina's monthly inflation rate was 2.6% in April, down from the 3.4% registered in March but slightly above analysts' forecast of 2.5% despite increases in all sec...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill retiring in August, internal memo says
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill will retire at the end of August, the multilateral development bank's president, Ajay Banga, told staff in a me...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
Venezuela debt restructuring to bring country 'out of shadows,' central bank chief says
By Deisy Buitrago May 14 (Reuters) - Restructuring Venezuela's sovereign debt and that of state oil firm PDVSA will bring the country "out of the shadows" of the global financial system, interim Centr...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026



