WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that the U.S. economy "continues to perform very, very well" and that she still sees inflation falling back to more normal levels. "The U.S. economy continues to perform ...

By Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor plans to build an EV production base in Ontario, it said on Thursday, a C$15 billion ($11 billion) investment that will mark the Japanese automaker's largest ever in Canada. The investment, due to be ...

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth in the first quarter fell below the Federal Reserve's estimates of the economy's long-run potential for the first time in nearly two years, but the signs of slowing were accompanied ...

(Reuters) - Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets said on Thursday it will integrate its digital asset derivatives, currently offered by Cboe Digital, into its existing Global Derivatives and Clearing business as part of a strategic review. The ...

(Reuters) - A group of Chinese chip companies led by Huawei Technologies and backed by the country's government aims to produce high-bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors, a key component in AI chips by 2026, The Information reported on Thursday.

(Reuters) - Industrial parts provider W.W. Grainger reported a 3.4% increase in first-quarter revenue on Thursday, helped by demand from its U.S. industrial clients for maintenance and repair equipment. The Illinois-based company, which sells ...

(Reuters) - Brokerage BGC Group said on Thursday its exchange platform FMX Futures was valued at $667 million after securing investment from a consortium including Bank of America and Citigroup. The consortium - which also includes Goldman Sachs, ...

(Reuters) - BHP Group has bid $38.8 billion for smaller rival Anglo American, offering a deal to forge the world's biggest copper miner. Here is a list of some previous big-ticket deals in the mining sector: - Precious metals producer Polymetal ...

The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Thursday, and the yield on benchmark government debt climbed.  The loonie was trading 0% lower at C$1.3706 to the greenback, or 72.96 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3666 to 1.3712.

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - An outspoken couple weeks for Brazil's central bank chief, including criticism of budget policy and comments scrapping monetary policy guidance, have soured relations with a Finance Ministry team who had been ...