FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc expects to deliver more than 13 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine per week to the United States by the middle of […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. official played down comments by the Iranian supreme leader on Monday that Tehran could enrich uranium to 60% purity, saying that would be concerning but Iran has not done so yet and Washington is waiting to see if Tehran will return to talks.Slideshow ( 3 images )The United States on Thursday offered to sit down […]

Hedge funds getting burned on their GameStop shorts scrambled to take down overall risk and sell winners to raise cash, posting their largest week of de-leveraging since 2009, according to data from Goldman Sachs. The damage inflicted by the so-called dumb money seems to be lasting. The 20 most popular long positions among hedge funds have lagged the S&P 500 […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian financial markets went into a tailspin on Monday, as investors dumped the country’s currency and stocks, while pushing up interest rates, after President Jair Bolsonaro moved late on Friday to sack the head of state-run oil firm Petrobras following weeks of clashes over fuel price hikes.FILE PHOTO: A man stands in front of an electronic display […]

FILE PHOTO: Barbed wire and security fencing surrounds the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah SilbigerWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives budget committee approved Monday a bill with $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief, backed by President Joe Biden. The measure passed the panel on a vote of 19-16. The full House of Representatives hopes to […]

(Reuters) – European shares trimmed early losses on Monday as comments from the region’s central bank brought down treasury yields, though inflation expectations and profit-taking in technology stocks dragged the benchmark index lower.FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Staff/File PhotoThe pan-European STOXX 600 index settled […]

FILE PHOTO: A vial of Astra Zeneca coronavirus vaccine is seen at a vaccination centre in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, amid the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON (Reuters) – Britain is preparing for a revaccination programme against COVID-19, likely to run later this year and consist of a single booster dose, […]