Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Apple supplier Foxconn's quarterly profit jumps 6% on AI boom
By Yimou Lee and Faith Hung TAIPEI (Reuters) -Apple supplier Foxconn on Wednesday surpassed expectations with a 6% rise in quarterly net profit driven by a boom in demand for AI servers, and stood by ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024
Norway wealth fund posts $138 billion profit in H1 as AI demand lifts tech
ARENDAL, Norway (Reuters) -Norway's $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, said on Wednesday it had posted a profit of 1.48 trillion Norwegian crowns ($138 billion) in the first hal...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024
Mpox vaccines likely months away even as WHO, Africa CDC discuss emergency
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Vaccines to help curb an escalating mpox outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries may still not reach the central African country for mo...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024
Japan must promote wage, investment growth, says PM Kishida
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday the government must continue to promote growth in wages and investment for the economy to make a full exit from...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024
Ukraine keeps pounding Kursk in incursion Biden calls 'real dilemma' for Putin
(Reuters) - Ukraine kept pounding the Russian border region of Kursk with missiles and drones on Wednesday, as Kyiv said it had made further territorial gains in an incursion that U.S. President Joe B...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024
Reactions to Japan's PM Kishida stepping down
(Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will step down in September, ending a three-year term marred by political scandals and paving the way for a new premier to address the impact o...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024
UBS posts $1.1 billion net profit in Q2, easily beating forecast
By Dave Graham ZURICH (Reuters) -UBS on Wednesday reported a net profit of $1.14 billion for the April-June period, comfortably surpassing analysts' forecasts as Switzerland's largest bank enters a ne...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024
One dead as Greek wildfire burns in Athens suburbs
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's worst wildfire of the year killed one person and continued to burn on the outskirts of the capital Athens on Tuesday, although lighter winds and firefighting efforts had he...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024
Oklahoma WR Jayden Gibson (knee) out for season
Oklahoma wide receiver Jayden Gibson will miss the season due to a knee injury, coach Brent Venables told reporters Tuesday. Gibson went down during a practice last Tuesday and underwent an MRI that s...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024
Panic and destruction in Greece as wildfire and city meet
By Renee Maltezou and Stelios Misinas ATHENS (Reuters) - Vangelis Ilias was returning from holiday on Monday when friends called to tell him the unthinkable. A wildfire in forests north of Athens had ...
Thomson Reuters Aug 14, 2024

