| | | As U.S. budget fight looms, Republicans flip their fiscal script | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a conservative Republican faction in the U.S. Congress, who voted this month for a huge expansion of the national debt to pay for tax cuts, called himself a "fiscal conservative" on Sunday and urged budget restraint in 2018. |
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| | | Wall Street eyes 2018 gains with a side of caution | | | (Reuters) - U.S. stocks are expected to keep rising in 2018 because a massive drop in the corporate tax rate is seen boosting the economy and corporate profits, but strategists say sizable gains could either be short-lived or elusive. |
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| | | German lawmaker blasts EU for opposing Niki sale to Lufthansa | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government will probably lose a 150 million-euro government-backed loan to insolvent Air Berlin because the European Union opposed Lufthansa's purchase of Air Berlin's Austrian unit, Niki, a senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives said on Sunday. |
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| | | Macau casinos post first annual revenue gain in 3 years | | | Gaming revenue in the Chinese territory of Macau rose for the first time in three years in 2017 as high-end punters' appetite for gambling recovers after a protracted government campaign against shows of wealth among public officials and slowing economic growth. |
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| | | Uniper CEO criticizes suitor Fortum for lack of clarity | | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The chief executive of German energy producer Uniper has criticized Finnish suitor Fortum for a lack of clarity about its intentions in a planned 8 billion euro ($9.6 billion) takeover of the company. |
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