(Reuters) – The world’s largest asset management firm BlackRock held partnership talks with U.S.-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus nearly two years ago, the Financial Times reported[...]
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December 21, 2023
Pornhub owner pays $1.8 million to resolve US probe of sex trafficking ties
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -The company that owns and operates adult entertainment websites including Pornhub.com will pay $1.8 million to the U.S. government to resolve a probe into its ties to[...]
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Marathon Petroleum names Mannen president, Quaid finance chief
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Refiner Marathon Petroleum on Thursday named Maryann Mannen as its new president and John Quaid as its new chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1. Michael Hennigan will[...]
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High-speed transportation firm Hyperloop One to shut down – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – High-speed freight transportation company Hyperloop One will shut down, having failed to win any contract to build a working hyperloop, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing peo[...]
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Marketmind: Eyes on Japan CPI, U.S. soft landing hopes grow
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Investors seem more confident than ever that the U.S. economy is gliding towards the hallowed ‘soft landing’,[...]
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Flight attendants in North America push for landmark changes in new contracts
By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Allison Lampert CHICAGO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – The compensation system for flight attendants in the U.S. and Canada is under attack in new contract negotiations that coul[...]
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Dollar Index Slips to 1-Week Low; Traders Eye Friday’s U.S. Inflation Report
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar hit a one-week low against a basket of major currencies on Thursday as U.S. equities rebounded from the prior day’s[...]
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Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million PCs to landfills – report
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s plan to end support for Windows 10 operating system could result in about 240 million personal computers (PCs) being disposed, potentially addi[...]
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China import concerns spur US to launch semiconductor supply chain review
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Commerce said Thursday it will launch a survey of the U.S. semiconductor supply chain and national defense industrial base to address n[...]
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