Mike Dolan
Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
Twitter handle: @jeffmason1
Daily Briefing: A fine bromance - Macron's new Iran deal for Trump
LONDON President Emmanuel Macron's aides are hailing as a success the fact that Donald Trump accepted French proposals to work on a new, tougher deal to contain Iran.
Daily Briefing: Euro zone business confidence ebbing
LONDON French business confidence data for April just in shows a dip in morale from the previous month, reflecting indications elsewhere that the euro zone's growth cycle may be turning. A similar read-out on German firms' confidence is due in around 0800 GMT - there, analysts are also expecting a fall.
Daily Briefing: Macron to Trump - no Plan B on Iran
LONDON French President Emmanuel Macron's main task during his three-day state visit to the United States starting today will be to convince Donald Trump that there is no viable alternative to the Iran nuclear deal, imperfect as it may be.
Daily Briefing: Doubling down - Orban's anti-migration drive
LONDON Financier George Soros' Open Society Foundations will close their office in Budapest and move their eastern European operations to Berlin, media reports suggest.
Daily Briefing: Test run for Franco-German motor
LONDON Germany's Angela Merkel welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to Berlin this morning for talks on how to make sure the euro zone can fight off any repeat of the 2009 sovereign debt crisis that nearly wrecked the currency.
Daily Briefing: Lords ready Brexit challenge to May
LONDON Britain's House of Lords upper house of parliament is expected to inflict an embarrassing defeat on Theresa May's government today as it challenges her refusal to remain in a customs union with the European Union after Brexit.
Daily Briefing: Euro reform - push-back from Berlin
LONDON The next few days could be decisive in determining whether longstanding efforts to make the euro zone more resilient to future shocks come to fruition.
Daily Briefing: Syria fallout - U.S. eyes new Russia sanctions
LONDON The diplomatic fall-out over Syria intensifies on several fronts today as the United States is due to announce new economic sanctions on Russia aimed at companies it alleges were dealing with equipment related to chemical weapons use.
Daily Briefing: Xi's commitment to free trade buoys markets
LONDON China’s President Xi Jinping has helped buoy world markets just ahead of what promises to be a bumper first quarter U.S. earnings season.
Daily Briefing: Signs of a spring thaw are hard to find
BERLIN Those hoping for a sharp rebound in German industrial orders in February, after a steep decline to start the year, came away disappointed this morning.
Markets
- U.S.
- Europe
- Asia
- Sectors
| DOW | 23,845.93 |
-178.20 |
-0.74% |
| S&P 500 | 2,615.16 |
-19.40 |
-0.74% |
| NASDAQ | 6,942.10 |
-65.25 |
-0.93% |
| TR US Index | 238.01 |
-0.04 |
-0.02% |
Sector Summary
| Energy |
-1.11%
|
| Basic Materials |
-0.95%
|
| Industrials |
-1.20%
|
| Cyclical Goods & Services |
-0.74%
|
| Non-Cyclical Goods & Services |
+0.00%
|
| Financials |
-0.78%
|
| Healthcare |
-0.83%
|
| Technology |
-1.23%
|
| Telecoms |
-0.41%
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| Utilities |
-0.07%
|