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Analysis: Visa’s Amazon spat shows power is shifting to retailers in fee battle

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O)'s latest spat with Visa (V.N) shows big retailers, armed with a growing array of payment options, are gaining the upper…

4 years ago

Barclays raises 2022 oil price view on faster inventory drawdown

Barclays raised its 2022 oil price forecasts on Tuesday as it expects a faster-than-expected inventory drawdown and cautious supply response…

4 years ago

Analysis: U.S. wants more oil, but OPEC+ can’t turn on the tap much harder

U.S. pressure on OPEC+ to pump more oil and cool red-hot crude prices has shone a spotlight on a relatively…

4 years ago

Oil and euro slip, markets on edge over COVID-19 curbs in Europe

Asian stocks made a soft start to the week on Monday while oil and the euro were under pressure, as…

4 years ago

Dollar stands tall after firm U.S. data, Asian stocks wobble

The dollar reached a four-and-a-half-year high against the yen on Wednesday after better-than-expected U.S. retail data, which also boosted Wall…

4 years ago

Bitcoin falls more than 4% to near $60,000

Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, fell more than 4% on Tuesday as it extended a decline through a…

4 years ago

Global luxury sales set to outpace pre-COVID levels this year, Bain says

The luxury goods sector is set to move past the coronavirus crisis this year, fuelled by domestic spending in the…

4 years ago

Risky business: Climate change turns up the heat on insurers, policyholders

Tony and Jhan Dunn never thought they would leave California, where they grew up, built a life together and planned…

4 years ago

U.S. airlines and Amazon join push to reduce aircraft emissions

Major U.S. airlines and Amazon.com's (AMZN.O) aviation unit are joining an effort to speed development and use of sustainable aviation…

4 years ago

Corporate law’s partisan gulf widened in 2020, analysis finds

Lawyers and staff at major law firms donated nearly six times more to Democrat Joe Biden than to incumbent Republican…

4 years ago