(Reuters) – CBS News said on Monday Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, award-winning journalist and veteran news executive, has been named president, after Neeraj Khemlani stepped down from the position o[...]
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UAW presses for strike vote at Detroit Three automakers
(Reuters) -United Auto Workers members have until Aug. 24 to vote to authorize strikes at the Detroit Three automakers if they don’t have a new contract deal in hand by the time the current agre[...]
Read moreAMC hit with fresh class-action lawsuit over stock conversion
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – AMC Entertainment Inc was hit with a class-action lawsuit on behalf of preferred shareholders that are challenging its stock conversion plan, just da[...]
Read moreWall St ends lower; strong retail sales stoke interest rate worries
By Saeed Azhar, Amruta Khandekar and Shristi Achar A NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main stock indexes closed sharply lower on Tuesday after stronger-than-expected retail sales data st[...]
Read moreHow much worse can China’s economic slowdown get?
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s economic activity data for July, including retail sales, industrial output and investment failed to match expectations, fuelling concern over a deeper, longer-lastin[...]
Read moreNZ’s Fletcher Building warns of weaker FY24, shares fall
(Reuters) -Construction materials maker Fletcher Building said on Wednesday its annual profit nearly halved and warned of a decline in overall sales in fiscal 2024 as rapid interest rate hikes impacte[...]
Read moreOccidental buys carbon air capture tech firm for $1.1 billion
By Sabrina Valle and Sourasis Bose (Reuters) -U.S. oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum on Tuesday agreed to pay $1.1 billion for technology supplier Carbon Engineering Ltd to help it develop a s[...]
Read moreJPMorgan, US Virgin Islands trade accusations over Epstein
NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase and the U.S. Virgin Islands traded new accusations this week in legal filings over their relationships with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The[...]
Read moreU.S. gasoline prices at year high, tight supply weighs on motorists
By Laura Sanicola and Shariq Khan (Reuters) – U.S. motorists hoping to squeeze out one last trip before the Labor Day holiday and school begins are finding pump prices that have surged to their[...]
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