By Stefano Rebaudo July 17 (Reuters) - Euro area government bond yields edged lower on Thursday, tracking U.S. Treasuries, amid concerns over the potential dismissal of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not planning to fire Powell, but kept the door open to the possibility and renewed his criticism of the central...

12:09 PM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes rose after midday, with gains in technology helping push the Nasdaq Composite to a new all-time high, after June retail sales beat forecasts. The Nasdaq rose 0.8% to 20,894.3, the S&P 500 was up 0.5% to 6,293.3, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.4% to 44,445.6. The Nasdaq hit...

12:03 PM EDT, 07/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading Thursday as fresh economic data and corporate earnings releases boosted investor sentiment. In company news, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ( TSM ) reported Q2 earnings Thursday of 15.36 New Taiwan dollars ($0.52) per diluted share, up from NT$9.56 a year earlier. Second-quarter net...

(Adds analyst comments, details of U.S. data, byline, updates yields) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields edged lower on Thursday, briefly spiking after a batch of data showed the world's largest economy remained on a stable footing, supporting the Federal Reserve's patient stance on resuming its monetary easing policy this year. Despite an initial...