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Rio Tinto's bid for Glencore piles pressure on BHP
By Anousha Sakoui, Clara Denina, Melanie Burton and Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto's talks to buy Glencore and create a new global industry leader could spur consolidation efforts ...
Jan 10, 2026
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images
JAKARTA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI...
Jan 10, 2026
Trump calls for one year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%
By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was calling for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10% starting on January 20...
Jan 09, 2026
Walmart to replace Astrazeneca on Nasdaq-100
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Nasdaq on Friday said U.S. retailer Walmart will replace British drugmaker Astrazeneca in the Nasdaq-100 Index effective on January 20, 2026. (Reporting by Rhea Rose Abraham in Benga...
Jan 09, 2026
Bessent says US Treasury can easily cover any tariff refunds
By David Lawder SAVAGE, Minnesota, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury has more than adequate funds to pay any tariff refunds ordered if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump's emerge...
Jan 09, 2026
Bessent says Australia, India invited to G7 meeting on critical minerals
SAVAGE, Minnesota, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Australia and several other countries would join a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economi...
Jan 09, 2026
Bessent says overseas money transfers are fine if people can prove origin of funds
By David Lawder SAVAGE, Minnesota, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department's plan to increase scrutiny of overseas transfers of money should not harm people who can prove the funds did not come...
Jan 09, 2026
Bessent: Goal of MBS buys is to match Fed run-off
By David Lawder SAVAGE, Minnesota, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday said the goal of the Trump administration's launch of mortgage-backed securities purchases is to ro...
Jan 09, 2026
Chevron sees pathway to grow Venezuela production by 50%, US energy secretary says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday that Chevron saw a pathway to grow its Venezuela production by 50%, with his comments coming after a m...
Jan 09, 2026
Companies scramble to secure ships, assemble operations to transfer Venezuelan oil, sources say
By Marianna Parraga and Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Oil companies aiming to participate in new exports of Venezuelan crude to the U.S. following the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro...
Jan 09, 2026
