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Germany’s second-largest lender Commerzbank on Thursday announced it will eliminate 3,900 full-time positions by 2028, largely in its native Germany, as it unveiled a spate of new strategic targets. The job cuts will be accompanied by increases in staffing in “selected areas” such as in international locations, resulting in a broadly constant global headcount of
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” at Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 11, 2025.  Craig Hudson | Reuters Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell asserted Tuesday that the central bank will not develop its own
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Italy’s second-largest lender UniCredit on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter profit beat, but guided a slight slowdown in 2025 revenues amid expected declines in net interest income. Net profit attributable to the group came in at 1.969 billion euros ($2.03 billion) in the fourth quarter, compared with an analyst forecast of 1.803 billion euros, according to
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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., Feb. 7, 2025.  Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump ordered a halt to the production of new pennies, which he said will help reduce “wasteful” government spending. “For far too long the United States
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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought speaks with reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2019. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees were told Sunday to work remotely because their Washington, D.C., headquarters would be closed through Feb. 14, according to
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The Trump administration may create powerful tailwinds for two vastly different market groups: Big banks and small cap stocks. In the case of financials, Astoria Portfolio Advisors’ John Davi predicts deregulation — along with a boost in IPO and mergers and acquisitions — to spark multi-year strength. “The funny thing about the banks is that
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Jane Fraser, CEO of Citi, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 1, 2023.  Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Bank shares rose Thursday after the Federal Reserve released parameters for its annual industry stress test showing smaller hypothetical shocks to the U.S. economy than in previous
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Huawei launched the Mate 70 series in an event in Shenzhen on November 26, 2024. The phones are the first capable of running Huawei’s new operating system called HarmonyOS NEXT. Huawei BEIJING — Chinese telecommunications and smartphone giant Huawei continues to grow and take market share from Apple, despite U.S. restricting the company’s access to
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