MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump gave Democrats ‘no choice’ but to impeach him, as he called their effort an ‘assault’ on the country. President Donald Trump on Wednesday became the third U.S. president in history to be impeached, as the Democratic-led House ofRead More →
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government will hold a vote in parliament next week to decide on reform of the euro zone’s bailout fund, as divisions within Rome’s ruling coalition deepen. The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement opposes signing off on the reform until plans for a wider European banking union become clearer,Read More →
Cannabis stocks rallied across the board Thursday, as investors returned to the beaten-down-sector with a fresh enthusiasm, following a historic House vote in favor of a bill that would lift the federal ban on weed. The three biggest Canadian licensed producers – Canopy Growth, Cronos Group and Aurora Cannabis –Read More →
By Nick Carey and Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union said on Friday that rank-and-file members at Ford Motor Co (N:) have voted in favor of a new four-year labor contract with the No. 2 U.S. automaker. The UAW will now focus on Fiat Chrysler AutomobilesRead More →
(Reuters) – London Stock Exchange Group Plc (L:) said on Wednesday its shareholders would vote on Nov. 26 on whether to approve its $27 billion deal to buy data provider Refinitiv. The LSE agreed to buy the financial information provider in August, in a deal aimed at offering trading acrossRead More →
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Anadarko Petroleum Corp (N:) shareholders will vote Aug. 8 on the oil and gas producer’s planned $38 billion sale to Occidental Petroleum Corp – the biggest oil and gas deal of the year. Occidental (N:) avoided its own shareholder vote on the deal by securing a controversialRead More →
© Reuters. Toby Rice, co-founder of Rice Energy group, speaks during an interview in New York By Ishita Palli and Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) – Proxy adviser Glass Lewis & Co has recommended that investors in producer EQT Corp (NYSE:) vote in favor of the company’s board nominees, putting it atRead More →
Vote Trump — or you can kiss your precious bull market goodbye That’s basically the warning President Donald Trump fired off over the weekend to his 61 million Twitter TWTR, -0.52% followers: “If anyone but me takes over in 2020 … there will be a Market Crash the likes ofRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cars at the Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant in Chattanooga By Nick Carey CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Reuters) – Workers at Volkswagen (DE:) AG’s assembly plant in the state of Tennessee narrowly voted against union representation, dealing a fresh blow to the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) efforts to unionizeRead More →
The European Union is entering the final days of campaign season. Between Thursday and Sunday, every EU member state will vote to elect the 705 members of the European Parliament, one of the key Brussels institutions alongside the European Commission and the European Council of heads of states. Ever sinceRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Occidental Petroleum Corp headquarters in Los Angeles By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) – T. Rowe Price Group Inc said on Monday it intends to vote against the Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE:) board of directors because the oil company will not allow shareholders to vote onRead More →
Emerging Markets Week Ahead (Apr 15-19) Elections are set to erupt across Indonesia’s volcanic archipelago in the week ahead, while weak export activity has fueled a narrowing in the country’s current account surplus from the prior year. While landmark general elections are set Wednesday for Indonesian voters to cast ballotsRead More →
Originally Published March 13, 2019 By Kai Weiss We are closing in on the third anniversary of the UK’s referendum to exit the European Union. The decision by the British people on June 23, 2016, was overdramatically called by many as revolutionary, but it was significant without a doubt. InRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman points to an electronic board showing stock prices as she poses in front of the board after the New Year opening ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), held to wish for the success of Japan’s stock market, in Tokyo By Wayne Cole SYDNEYRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo is seen in a store in Los Angeles (Reuters) – Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) shareholders on Friday defeated a shareholder proposal from a conservative group that would have required the company to disclose the “ideological perspective” of nominees for its board of directors. TheRead More →
Gold futures on Wednesday resumed their climb toward the psychologically important price of $1,300 an ounce, finding support from the turmoil surrounding the U.K.’s plan to leave the European Union and the upcoming vote of no confidence facing Prime Minister Theresa May’s government. Caution among traders has deepen “ahead ofRead More →
London markets clung to their modest gains on Tuesday, as investors focused on a crucial parliamentary vote on U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement from the European Union. Elsewhere, China announced plans to ramp up support for its economy, which boosted mining and oil stocks. How are the marketsRead More →