Author Archives: Syndicated Content
US death row inmate to get life in prison after DNA testing weakens conviction
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - A Missouri inmate convicted of fatally stabbing a woman in 1998 will avoid the death penalty and instead be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, pros...
Aug 21, 2024
Harris' wingman Walz shows how American men are evolving, some Democrats say
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris interviewed Tim Walz to be her running mate for the Democratic presidential ticket, the Minnesota governor asked her, "Ho...
Aug 21, 2024
Florida top court upholds warning that abortion amendment could cost taxpayers
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Florida state economists can warn voters that a proposed amendment to the state constitution establishing a right to abortion could reduce state revenues, the state's hi...
Aug 21, 2024
Independent US presidential candidate RFK Jr to drop out of race, ABC News reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race by the end of the week, ABC News reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. Kenned...
Aug 21, 2024
Snowflake raises annual product revenue forecast
(Reuters) -Data cloud analytics firm Snowflake raised its forecast for full-year product revenue on Wednesday, as it attracts more clients to its cloud platform owing to advancements in artificial int...
Aug 21, 2024
MercadoLibre's fintech launches its own dollar-backed 'stablecoin' in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre's financial technology arm Mercado Pago announced on Wednesday that it has started making a so-called stablecoin priced in U.S. dolla...
Aug 21, 2024
Microsoft cuts first-quarter forecast for intelligent cloud revenue
(Reuters) -Microsoft on Wednesday cut its first-quarter intelligent cloud forecast, the technology giant said in an investor presentation. The company reported slowing growth in its cloud business in ...
Aug 21, 2024
China central bank warnings on long-dated bonds aim to curb systemic risks, watchdog says
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Warnings by China's central bank about excess exposure to long-dated sovereign bonds are aimed at curbing potential systemic risks if yields continue to fall, a senior official at...
Aug 21, 2024
Analysis-Walmart tears up China online strategy with JD.com stake sale
By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart's stake in Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com was once central to its China strategy. Now it is tearing up that playbook by unloading its entire $3.74 bill...
Aug 21, 2024
Explainer-Why a Canadian freight rail halt would roil North American supply chains
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's two main freight rail companies are set to lock out around 10,000 of their Canadian unionized workers on Thursday at 12:01 a.m. ET (4:01 GMT), starting a...
Aug 21, 2024
