Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK business confidence dips in May, inflation pressures persist: Lloyds
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) - Sentiment among British businesses fell for the first time in three months in May as firms were less optimistic about the economy and their trading prospects despit...
May 30, 2023
Chinese tech entrepreneurs keen to ‘de-China’ as tensions with US soar
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - For the ambitious Chinese tech entrepreneur, expanding into the U.S. just keeps getting harder. Before 2019, there were few major impediments to having a Ch...
May 30, 2023
Biden withdraws nomination of official to head US auto safety agency
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that President Joe Biden is withdrawing the nomination of the acting head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrati...
May 30, 2023
Illumina CEO survived Icahn’s challenge by more than 2-to-1 margin
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Illumina Inc CEO Francis deSouza survived a challenge to his board seat from activist investor Carl Icahn last week by securing more than twice the sharehol...
May 30, 2023
Rating agency KBRA remains confident in US government top rating
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) said on Tuesday it remained confident about its top AAA rating for the U.S. government as a debt ceiling deal appeared within reach and because pol...
May 30, 2023
Activist investor Legion urges Twilio to consider board changes, divestitures- The Information
(Reuters) - Activist investor Legion Partners has met Twilio Inc officials several times, urging the cloud computing company to make changes to its board and consider divestitures, The Information rep...
May 30, 2023
Colombia, Venezuela reach agreement to find remains of victims buried by paramilitaries
(Reuters) - Colombia and Venezuela have reached an agreement to search for remains of victims who were killed by paramilitaries during Colombia's internal armed conflict and reportedly buried in Venez...
May 30, 2023
Ukraine says it’s working with BAE to set up weapons production facility
(Reuters) - Ukraine is working with major British defense company BAE Systems to set up a Ukrainian base to both produce and repair weapons from tanks to artillery, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ...
May 30, 2023
Private astronaut crew, including first Arab woman in orbit, heads for splashdown
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - An all-private astronaut team of two Americans and two Saudis, including the first Arab woman ever sent into orbit, headed for splashdown off Florida's coast on Tuesday, ca...
May 30, 2023
Factbox-How megacap stocks fared after hitting $1 trillion in market cap
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A mammoth run in shares of Nvidia Corp has vaulted the chipmaker into a rarified club: U.S. companies that have reached $1 trillion in market value. Nvidia's market cap ended at a...
May 30, 2023
