BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - After struggling for direction till around noon, European stocks moved higher and closed on a firm note on Friday on easing concerns about Middle East tensions and hopes that the Federal Reserve will not tighten its monetary policy for now.The Labor Department's…
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that it will accept large philanthropic contributions of readily tradable public company stock to support Trump Accounts. This announcement comes ahead of the formal launch of Trump Accounts on July 4, U.S. Independence Day.Un…
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - 97 percent of Americans who filed their income tax returns this past filing season have received a tax cut, benefiting from the Working Families Tax Cuts, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.President Trump and Republicans in Washington prevented a $5 trillion ta…
SOLNA (dpa-AFX) - Skanska announced that it has signed a contract with aluminum producer Hydro to construct a new aluminum wire rod production facility in Karmøy, Norway. The contract is valued at approximately NOK 1.1 billion, equivalent to about SEK 1.0 billion.The project involves building a mod…
ANKARA (dpa-AFX) - Turkey's consumer price inflation moderated in June to the lowest level in three months, figures from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Friday.Consumer price inflation slowed to 32.11 percent in June from 32.61 percent in May. The expected inflation rate was 32.1 percen…
ROME (dpa-AFX) - Italy's retail sales increased more than expected in May after remaining flat in the previous month, the statistical office ISTAT reported Friday.The sales value rose 0.2 percent on a monthly basis in May, following a stagnant change in April. Economists had expected an increase of…
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - The euro area private sector stabilized in June after two months of moderate decline, final purchasing managers' survey results published by S&P Global showed Friday.The composite output index registered 50.0 in June compared to 48.5 in May. The flash score was…
