Brexit

Many investors are getting excited about the Brexit deal. Some excitement is warranted because it took years of wrangling for the U.K. and the European Union to reach a deal at the last minute. However, all is not clear. Northern Irelands Democratic Unionis…

Boris Johnson has agreed the terms of a new Brexit deal with the EU. The deal in large part resembles that struck by Johnson's predecessor Theresa May, but with several key differences which will have big ramifications for the UK's future relationship with t…

Gold prices wavered Thursday morning as the European Union and U.K. reached a preliminary Brexit deal. However, worries that a deal may not pass a weekend vote in the British parliament and signs of a weakness in the U.S. economy appeared to buoy gold prices,…

LONDON —Just before lunchtime on October 17, 2019, the British and the EU announced a deal on a smooth British exit from the European Union. This is the second such deal in less than a year. The previous deal was rejected by Parliament and capsized the career…

After days of crunch negotiations with the European Union, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally announced his Brexit deal. It solves the problem of the Irish backstop—the need to avoid a hard border between northern Ireland (which is part of the U.K.) and …

Stock-index futures pointed to a higher start for Wall Street Thursday, getting a boost after U.K. and European Union negotiators agreed on a draft Brexit deal. Read:EU and U.K. leaders say Brexit deal has been agreed The tentative pact, which was hailed by…

The U.K. and the E.U. have come to a new agreement on Brexit, just two weeks before Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union. But whether Brexit will happen on Oct. 31 remains in doubt, as a crucial caucus of British lawmakers refused to give their s…

The U.K. and the E.U. have come to a new agreement on Brexit, just two weeks before Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union. British and E.U. negotiators had been in intense talks for days as the deadline approached. “We’ve got a great new deal that…

BRUSSELS/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Negotiators struggled on Wednesday to clinch an eleventh-hour Brexit deal on the eve of an EU summit, raising the chances that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have to seek an extension of the Oct. 31 deadline for Britain’s exit f…

DUBLIN (Reuters) - A veto mechanism in Northern Ireland’s devolved parliament that was intended to prevent discrimination toward one community over another should be overhauled in talks to restore the local assembly, Ireland’s Prime Minister said on Wednesday…