BLOOMBERG Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Spain’s second-biggest bank, is weighing a fresh round of job cuts across the company to lower costs, three people with knowledge of the matter said. The bank may eliminate 2,000 positions or more, said the people, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. The cuts would mostly affect branches and ...

  Bloomberg The US unemployment rate is below five percent, manufacturing is picking up, and jobless claims are falling, but Deutsche Bank AG says there’s still reason to worry about a recession. According to the firm’s Chief US Economist Joseph LaVorgna, looking at the index of leading economic indicators — a measure by the Conference Board that includes economic indicators ...

  Bloomberg China expanded efforts to steady the currency markets, with the central bank adding verbal support to the exchange rate after a week that saw it slip past a key level against the dollar. The People’s Bank of China will work hard to keep the yuan stable against a basket of currencies, Deputy Governor Chen Yulu said at a ...