Author Archives: Syndicated Content
US TikTok bill sets up fight over free speech protections
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate set up a likely court showdown over the scope of TikTok's free speech protections under the U.S. Constitution when it approved a bill on Tuesday to ban th...
Apr 24, 2024
Amphenol beats Q1 revenue estimates, announces share buyback program
(Reuters) - Electronic equipment maker Amphenol beat market expectations for first-quarter revenue on Wednesday and announced a new $2 billion share buyback program, sending the company's shares up as...
Apr 24, 2024
Young Russians dance to K-pop and watch anime amid Asian culture boom
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A few years ago, Karina Marakshina had to explain what K-pop was when asked to describe the musical style of her Moscow dance studio. Now she says she hears it blasting out from nea...
Apr 24, 2024
German government nudges up 2024 GDP forecast to 0.3%
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government on Wednesday raised its economic growth forecast for this year to 0.3%, from 0.2% previously, and lowered its forecast for inflation by 0.4 percentage points. ...
Apr 24, 2024
Japan's yen hits 155 per dollar, weakest since 1990
(Reuters) -The yen fell on Wednesday to its weakest levels against the dollar since 1990, with markets alert to any signs of intervention from the Japanese authorities to prop up their currency. The d...
Apr 24, 2024
Polish central bank reports loss of $5 billion dollars in 2023
WARSAW (Reuters) - The National Bank of Poland (NBP) made a loss of 20.8 billion zlotys ($5.2 billion) in 2023 compared to a loss of 16.9 billion zlotys the previous year, it said in its financial rep...
Apr 24, 2024
Mexico's consumer prices up 0.09% in early April
(Reuters) - Mexico's consumer prices unexpectedly rose in the first half of April, national statistics agency INEGI said on Wednesday, reinforcing expectations the country's central bank will hold its...
Apr 24, 2024
GM CEO Barra compensation fell 4% in 2023 to $27.8 million
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - General Motors CEO Mary Barra's total compensation in 2023 fell 4% to $27.8 million, the largest U.S. automaker said Wednesday. The Detroit automaker also said GM Presi...
Apr 24, 2024
Microsoft's AI lead puts Amazon cloud dominance on watch
By Yuvraj Malik and Aditya Soni (Reuters) - Upcoming quarterly reports from U.S. tech giants may show Microsoft is closing the gap on cloud-computing market leader Amazon.com as more businesses switch...
Apr 24, 2024
Exclusive-Google rival Tuta complains to EU tech regulators about de-ranking
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German email service Tuta Mail has complained to European Union tech regulators about what it described as a sudden drop in Google search results on the day the bl...
Apr 24, 2024
