Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hawaiian Electric, others agree to $4 billion Maui wildfire settlement
(Reuters) - Hawaiian Electric Industries is among the defendants who have agreed to pay $4 billion to settle lawsuits over the deadly Maui wildfires, the company said on Friday. The utility operating ...
Aug 02, 2024
Fed's Barkin tells PBS program he won't prejudge what to do at next meeting
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) - Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said he is not ready to change his monetary policy outlook after the release of unexpectedly weak U.S. jobs da...
Aug 02, 2024
Silicon Valley Bank's former owner gains approval to end bankruptcy
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - SVB Financial Group, the former owner of failed Silicon Valley Bank, received a U.S. judge's permission on Friday to turn over its assets to creditors and end i...
Aug 02, 2024
Pentagon chief revokes plea deals with three Sept. 11 suspects
(Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two acco...
Aug 02, 2024
Tennis-Swiatek, Krejcikova withdraw from Canadian Open
TORONTO (Reuters) - World number one Iga Swiatek, fresh off winning a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, and Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova, headlined a slew of players who have withdrawn from...
Aug 02, 2024
Protests turn violent in Sunderland as UK unrest spreads after Southport killings
By Sachin Ravikumar and Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Protesters attacked police and started fires in the northeast English city of Sunderland on Friday as violence spread to another northern city...
Aug 02, 2024
Hedge funds grow bearish amid economic slowdown jitters, Goldman says
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global hedge funds continued to add bearish equity bets to portfolios in the week to Aug. 1 when fresh data sparked fears the U.S. economy is slowing faster than...
Aug 02, 2024
Longtime Biden aide Mike Donilon returning to White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mike Donilon, a longtime adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, will return to the White House for the final six months of Biden's presidency, a White House official said on Frida...
Aug 02, 2024
More than 50 US lawmakers, 21 states back DOJ in TikTok lawsuit
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 21 states and more than 50 U.S. lawmakers on Friday backed the Justice Department in its defense of a law that requires China-based ByteDance to s...
Aug 02, 2024
Colombia central bank technical team raises 2024 inflation outlook to 5.7%
BOGOTA (Reuters) - The technical team of Colombia's central bank revised its inflation outlook for the year to 5.7, from a previous 5.5%, it said in a quarterly report published on Friday. The new for...
Aug 02, 2024
