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Heads of World Bank, IMF say risks of trade tensions growing 06 Nov 2018 - 11:28 pm
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (L), Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend a news briefing after the Third Round Table Dialogue in Beijing on November 6, 2018. AFP/ Thomas Peter
UK PM office rejects BBC report on November Brexit timetable 06 Nov 2018 - 10:03 pm
A combination of images shows Prime Minister Theresa May speaking at the Complesso, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, September 22, 2017. Reuters/Jeff J Mitchell
Not everyone has given up on polling 06 Nov 2018 - 09:54 pm
Voting sign outside a polling location at the Franklin Elementary School on November 6, 2018 in Kent, Ohio. Turnout is expected to be high nationwide as Democrats hope to take back control of at least one chamber of Congress. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP
A market guide to the midterms 06 Nov 2018 - 09:53 pm
Nigerian committee agrees to raise minimum wage 06 Nov 2018 - 09:53 pm
Most of Nigeria's more than 180 million people live in poverty despite the country's immense oil and gas resources. Reuters file photo/ Eddie Keogh
FedEx CEO stares down threat from Amazon's own delivery network 06 Nov 2018 - 07:04 pm
FedEx delivery trucks are pictured in Pasadena, California, March 21, 2017. Reuters/Mario Anzuoni
Dollar set for pullback after mid-term vote, JPMorgan Asset says 05 Nov 2018 - 11:39 pm
JPMorgan Chase & Co headquarters in New York, US, September 19, 2013. Reuters/Mike Segar/File Photo
Evelyn Davis, queen of shareholder activism, dies at 89 05 Nov 2018 - 11:39 pm
 Shareholder Evelyn Y. Davis speaks during the Ford Motor Company annual shareholders meeting in Wilmington, Delaware, May 8, 2008. Reuters/Tim Shaffer
India's stock indexes fall after capping best week in two years 05 Nov 2018 - 11:39 pm
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Italy tells euro zone peers working on compromise budget: Italian official 05 Nov 2018 - 09:34 pm
Italy's Finance Minister Giovanni Tria (L) speaks with France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (R) while they attend a Eurogroup Finance ministers meeting, in Brussels, on November 5, 2018. / AFP / Emmanuel DUNAND
In Ecuador, landmark court cases challenge mining projects 05 Nov 2018 - 06:59 pm
Josef DeCoux, director of Los Cedros protected forest, looks up at a mountain ridge where ENAMI is exploring for a potential mine in Ecuardor, July 17, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Johnny Magdaleno
FedEx to lift prices at twice the inflation rate 05 Nov 2018 - 06:59 pm
FedEx delivery trucks are pictured in Pasadena, California, March 21, 2017. Reuters/Mario Anzuoni
Ryanair closes Eindhoven base in Netherlands, jobs uncertain 05 Nov 2018 - 06:31 pm
Ryanair Airlines employees stage a protest after strike call for 24 hours demanding wage increase at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport on September 28, 2018. Burak Akbulut/Anadolu Agency
US raises pressure on Iran with return of oil sanctions 05 Nov 2018 - 04:52 pm
Two Iranian women walk along a street past a mosaic mural on Jaunary 14, 2017. AFP/Atta Kenare
Export orders to US at China's Canton Fair down by one-third 05 Nov 2018 - 09:19 am
This photo taken on November 4, 2018 shows new buses lined up for export at a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province. China OUT / AFP / STR
Trump risks backlash in zeal for deal to end China trade war 03 Nov 2018 - 10:22 pm
Pedestrians walk past a stocks display board that shows an increase in the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong on November 2, 2018.  AFP / Anthony Wallace
Buffett's firm quadruples 3Q profit on investment gains 03 Nov 2018 - 06:17 pm
Warren Buffett has long said Berkshire's operating earnings offer a better view of quarterly performance because they exclude investments and derivatives, which can vary widely.
India iPhone sales to fall for first time in four years-researcher 03 Nov 2018 - 03:53 pm
REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo