U.S. retailers have reason for optimism after sales surged in March against a backdrop of increased Covid-19 vaccination rates, robust hiring and government stimulus.

President Joe Biden is meeting Friday afternoon with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to discuss issues including human rights, Taiwan and supply chain resilience.

Kenya is considering a plan to reimburse fuel retailers after slashing their margins in an attempt to control energy prices despite an increase in crude, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Vale SA, one of iron ore’s biggest swing factors, may determine whether prices of the steelmaking ingredient break through to multiyear highs or retreat once again.

A late-season snowstorm is pummeling the U.S. Northeast with the white stuff, closing schools, tying up traffic and chilling early blooming flowers.The slow-moving weather system will linger in the region Friday and dump a foot of snow onto some areas before exiting off the Canadian Maritimes Saturday. Parts of Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire have already logged 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 centimeters), the National Weather Service said.“The only good thing you can say is it is mid-April, s

The days of experts gathering in a sealed-off room to sip coffee and grade beans on their color, aroma and taste may be numbered.

The International Monetary Fund won’t hand over $5 billion of special drawing rights to Venezuela to bolster its reserves as part of a massive injection of resources to member nations, due to an ongoing dispute over whether President Nicolas Maduro is the legitimate leader of the country.

JBS SA, the owner of poultry brand Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., is emerging as the frontrunner to buy Dutch plant-based food producer Vivera, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The candidate who came third in Peru’s presidential election, Rafael Lopez Aliaga, said he won’t back frontrunner Pedro Castillo in the runoff, warning that the leftist union leader would turn the country into a “cruel dictatorship.”

The crippling winter freeze that sent gas and power prices skyrocketing across Texas in February is providing a warning to cities about the risks of global warming: The cost of some extreme weather events can stick around for years.