• By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s call for a “quieter” central bank is facing pushback from colleagues who see public communication as a fundamental part of their job and have taken to TV, podcasts, interviews, social media and speakers’ podiums to make their policy […]
  • By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Cash-strapped US consumers are facing a squeeze in their shopping budgets this holiday season, hit by the double whammy of tariffs and high energy costs. While overall inflation is creeping up, toy prices are surging, with an increase of 6.6% in the last year, the latest […]
  • By Alexandra Ulmer and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a $201 million investment fund in the Caucasus holds major telecom and mining interests there and formerly ran a Russia-focused investment firm that touted close ties to the Kremlin, documents reviewed by Reuters show. Konstantin Sokolov, a […]
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Tesla is set to unveil its redesigned Roadster on Thursday, nearly nine years after it first showed a next-generation version of its electric sports car. Tesla revealed a prototype of the $200,000 car in 2017 and said deliveries would begin in 2020. The price has not been updated but […]
  • By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are due in US court on Thursday to respond to a new indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents. The additional charges, brought last Thursday, significantly expanded the US criminal case against Maduro, 63, and Flores, […]