23+ hour, 26+ min ago   (269+ words) SEOUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) – South Korea’s expanded espionage law takes effect on Sunday, broadening espionage offences beyond acts involving North Korea to include all foreign countries as Seoul seeks to protect key technologies ​amid intensifying competition in semiconductors and other strategic…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (258+ words) TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation likely held steady in August as the impact of higher oil prices from the Middle ​East conflict was offset by government subsidies, ‌a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Here are a few details:…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (311+ words) TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Japan’s wholesale inflation remained elevated in August, data showed on Friday, highlighting mounting price pressures that cement the case for the central ​bank to raise interest rates this month. The data follows ‌recent hawkish communication from the…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (566+ words) In my column today, I look ahead to Friday’s U.S. CPI inflation report, and specifically the importance it has ​assumed. If it is “hot”, the Fed will almost certainly raise rates next week. But how have we got to a…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (86+ words) WTVB Pentagon in talks to lend $5 billion to AI cloud startup Fluidstack, WSJ reports Sept 10 (Reuters) – The Pentagon is ​in talks to lend roughly $5 billion to ​AI ⁠cloud-computing startup ⁠Fluidstack to shore up the ​U.S. data-center ⁠supply ⁠chain, the…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (326+ words) By Danielle Kaye and Jenna Zucker NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) – American designer Tommy Hilfiger brought a youthful mix of oversized polo shirts and plaid bucket hats to his ​spring/summer 2027 collection, unveiled at Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel on ‌the first official…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (179+ words) SAO PAULO, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ​are statistically tied in a ‌simulated runoff ahead of next month’s election, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Thursday, with the right-wing lawmaker now holding…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (129+ words) WTVB S&P 500, Nasdaq futures extend losses slightly after August PPI data Sept 10 (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ​futures extended losses slightly on Thursday after producer prices data for August. A ​Labor ⁠Department report showed ⁠the Producer Price Index…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (734+ words) FUKUI, Japan, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan may eventually be forced to raise interest rates rapidly if inflation accelerates given the country’s loose financial conditions, board member Kazuyuki Masu said, warning of price risks that solidify the chance of…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (365+ words) PARIS, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The French economy will grow markedly less this year than the government has anticipated as declining purchasing power weighs on consumer spending and firms rein in investment, the ​national statistics office forecast on Thursday, cutting its outlook....