• US consumer confidence continues to improve in January

  Friday 14 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - The most closely-followed gauge of US consumers' spirits continued rising in early February, coming within a whisker of its highest level in the current 11-year long economic expansion.

• US January retail sales boosted by building materials

  Friday 14 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - US retail sales grew a bit less than expected last month even as Americans splashed out on building materials and furniture.

• US import prices edge past forecasts in January

  Friday 14 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Dearer fuel imports kept the cost of foreign goods in the US from falling at the start of 2019.

• Zuckerberg 'happy' for Facebook to pay more taxes in Europe

  Friday 14 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday that he accepts that tech giants should pay more tax in Europe.

• William Barr claims Trump's tweets make job 'impossible'

  Friday 14 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - US Attorney General William Barr said that President Donald Trump "undercuts" him and makes it "impossible" for him to do his job by tweeting.

• Euro area GDP slows in last quarter of 2019 led by Italy and France

  Friday 14 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Euro area economic growth continued slowing at the end of 2019, led by the bloc's three largest economies.

• US weekly jobless claims little changed, secondary filings keep falling

  Thursday 13 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - The number of people queuing for jobless insurance in the States remained near a record low last week.

• US core CPI edges past forecasts in January

  Thursday 13 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - The cost of living in the US increased by a bit more than expected last month, amid higher prices for shelter, transportation and medical services.

• Stranded cruise passengers finally return home after coronavirus concerns subside

  Thursday 13 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Passengers on a cruise ship that has spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears finally made port in Cambodia on Thursday.

• Stranded cruise passengers finally return home after coronavirus concerns subside

  Thursday 13 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Passengers on a cruise ship that has spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over coronavirus fears finally made port in Cambodia on Thursday.

• Spain welcomes post-Brexit negotiations to address Gibraltar status

  Thursday 13 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Spain's foreign minister Arancha Gonz?lez has welcomed post-Brexit talks with the UK and said it was an "incredible opportunity" for the countries to discuss the status of The Rock.

• Coronavirus forces Carnival to cut full-year guidance

  Wednesday 12 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Carnival warned on Wednesday that the new Chinese coronavirus would have a "material" impact on its performance that was not anticipated when it last issued guidance.

• Opec blames coronavirus as its cuts forecasts for oil demand

  Wednesday 12 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Opec has cut its forecasts for oil demand in 2020, over concerns that the coronavirus outbreak will weigh heavily on the global economy.

• Mobile World Congress organisers set to meet over potential delay or cancellation

  Wednesday 12 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Mobile World Congress organisers set to meet on Wednesday to discuss the event and a potential delay or cancellation due to concerns regarding the coronavirus.

• Eurozone industrial production tumbles in December

  Wednesday 12 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Eurozone industrial production slumped in December, as the monetary union's beleaguered economy continued to be buffeted by global headwinds.

• Number of new coronavirus cases in China slips on Tuesday

  Tuesday 11 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - The World Health Organisation's latest update on the new China coronavirus, published on Tuesday, appeared to show a further slowdown in the number of new cases in the Asian giant and globally, with those in the former slipping from 3,073 on Monday to 2,484 on Tuesday.

• Fed monitoring coronavirus impact and ready to act, Powell tells Congress

  Tuesday 11 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, is ready to move on interest rates if needed and is monitoring the fallout from the new coronavirus in China, the head of the US central bank said.

• Senior Chinese government officials fired over coronavirus crisis

  Tuesday 11 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - The Chinese government "removed" several senior officials from their posts over the way they dealt with the new deadly coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 1,000 people already.

• ShoreCap stays at 'buy' on TUI Group after 'exceptional' start to Q1

  Tuesday 11 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - Analysts at ShoreCap stood by their 'buy' recommendation for shares of TUI Group following the travel operator's first quarter update, despite its wider guidance range for 2020 operating profits.

• Cruise ship rejected by four nations over coronavirus fears

  Tuesday 11 Feb 2020

  (Sharecast News) - The Holland America Line cruise was rejected by Thailand on Monday, the fourth country to turn it away from its ports due to coronavirus contagion fears.

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