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Fed's Logan says central bank's next rate move could be cut or hike
By Michael S. Derby May 1 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said on Friday uncertainty over the outlook and ongoing concerns about inflation means the central bank shoul...
May 01, 2026
For private credit borrowers, big maturity walls are further out
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy May 1 (Reuters) - For most companies that have borrowed from U.S. private credit funds, the real moment of reckoning - when their loans mature and they need to refinance ch...
May 01, 2026
AIG keeps private credit in check to shield portfolio from industry jitters; shares rise
By Pritam Biswas May 1 (Reuters) - AIG has pared back its private credit activity amid current market conditions, the insurer's finance chief said on Friday, helping reassure investors and pushing its...
May 01, 2026
S&P 500 profit eyes sharpest quarterly growth in four years after Big Tech results
May 1 (Reuters) - Analysts' expectations for S&P 500 earnings improved sharply after a week dominated by megacap results, LSEG IBES data showed on Friday, even as oil prices stayed high and tensions w...
May 01, 2026
Canadian factory PMI hits near four-year high on war-related stock building
By Fergal Smith TORONTO, May 1 (Reuters) - Canada's manufacturing sector expanded in April at the fastest pace in nearly four years as the war in the Middle East spurred stock building and added to in...
May 01, 2026
Wall St opens higher after best month in years
May 1 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Friday, building on the impetus from their biggest monthly rise in years as confidence in strong earnings overshadowed oil risks. The Dow ...
May 01, 2026
Occidental's Hollub, a rare female chief in US oil, to step down
May 1 (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum said on Friday CEO Vicki Hollub, one of the most prominent women in the male-dominated oil industry, would retire next month, handing the reins to insider Richar...
May 01, 2026
Lazard's profit surges on asset management inflows amid market volatility
May 1 (Reuters) - Investment bank Lazard reported a 67% jump in first-quarter profit on Friday, as resilient client demand boosted its asset management business during a period of heightened market vo...
May 01, 2026
While Asia and Europe scramble for natural gas, the US glut has nowhere to go
By Scott DiSavino and Curtis Williams May 1 (Reuters) - The war with Iran has boosted prices of globally traded natural gas by throttling exports from the Gulf. In West Texas, gas is so abundant that ...
May 01, 2026
Fed's Hammack says no longer appropriate to signal rate cut bias
By Michael S. Derby May 1 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said Friday she dissented against the central bank holding on to an easing bias this week due to uncertai...
May 01, 2026
