Barbados elected its first female prime minister as the opposition inflicted a crushing defeat on the ruling Democratic Labour Party, winning all the seats in the Caribbean island's parliament, election results showed on Friday. Mia Mottley's victory in Thursday's elections returns the Barbados Labour Party to power on the island of some 285,000 people for the first time in a decade.
For other diaries, please see: Top Economic Events. Emerging Markets Economic Events. Government Debt Auctions. Political and General News. U.S. Federal Reserve. Today in Washington ----------------------------------------------------------- This Diary is filed daily. MONDAY, MAY 28 JERUSALEM - Bank of Israel announces interest rate decision - 1300GMT.
Brazil's main stock market
fell to a five-month low and its real currency weakened on
Friday as the fifth day of a truckers' protest over fuel prices
hobbled a wide range of industries from ...
S&P 500 companies have returned a record $1 trillion to shareholders over the past year, helped by a recent surge in dividends and stock buybacks following sweeping corporate tax cuts introduced by Republicans, a report on Friday showed.
Subtropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, is forcing the evacuation of oil workers from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as it moves toward a Monday landfall between New Orleans and Florida's panhandle.
Rent-A-Center Inc (RCII): * ENGAGED CAPITAL SAYS IT SENT LETTER TO RENT-A-CENTER. * ENGAGED CAPITAL SAYS RENT-A-CENTER BOARD'S REVIEW OF STRATEGIC AND FINANCIAL ALTERNATIVE IS ONGOING; SEEN TO CONCLUDE BY Q2-END. * ENGAGED CAPITAL - RENT A CENTER (RCII), ENGAGED GROUP DETERMINED IN BEST INTERESTS TO DEFER CAROL MCFATE'S CANDIDACY AS DIRECTOR DURING 2018 ELECTION CYCLE.
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (HST): * HOST HOTELS & RESORTS (HST) - ENTERED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WHERE CO MAY ISSUE, SELL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WITH OFFERING PRICE UP TO $500 MILLION - SEC FILING Source text: Further company coverage:
Speculators' net short dollar
bets fell in the last week to the lowest since early January,
according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures
Trading Commission data released on Friday.
* U.S.-N.Korea summit on June 12 may still take place -Trump. * U.S. crude drops, weighs on energy stocks. * Foot Locker (FL) surges after results; lifts Nike (NKE). * Dow down 0.2 pct, S&P down 0.2 pct, Nasdaq up 0.1 pct. By Caroline Valetkevitch.
* OPEC and Russia consider oil output increase. * Wall St slips as oil fall drags down energy stocks. * Italy, Spain fears boost demand for U.S. bonds. * World shares steady but set for weekly loss. By Laila Kearney.
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