FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil ZhumatovNEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s health ministry said on Tuesday its drug regulator had found that safety and immunogenicity data from a local trial of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was comparable to that […]

April's ZEW economic sentiment index for Germany and the euro zone is published at 10 a.m. London time. Earnings season also gets underway in Europe, with French luxury group LVMH reporting after the bell, while the U.K.'s JD Sports and Switzerland's Givaudan report Tuesday morning. LONDON — European markets are set for a flat open on Tuesday as investors await […]

FILE PHOTO: A Temasek logo is seen at the annual Temasek Review in Singapore July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File PhotoSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and BlackRock, world’s largest asset manager, said on Tuesday they have launched a partnership to invest in firms with products and technologies that will reduce carbon emissions. BlackRock and Temasek are committing a […]

FILE PHOTO: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Rules and Administration committees joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, U.S. February 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Erin Scott/Pool via REUTERSWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican who has been a staunch critic of Big […]

Earlier this year, names tied to reopening, that were economically sensitive or trending on Reddit flew high. Tech stocks, which carried the market in 2020, slumped in the earlier part of this year as investors flocked to other sectors in the market. In mid-March, the tune changed and tech stocks began to rise. It could be that investors are focusing […]

FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on “The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2020. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve is monitoring the implosion of New York fund Archegos Capital and analyzing why some banks suffered billions of […]

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – The head of the group advising the European Union on its green finance rules has urged Brussels to resist political pressure to weaken them, saying the credibility of the regulation is at stake.FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 24, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoThe EU is racing to meet […]