Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil’s finance minister expects interest to fall to ‘at least’ 12% by year-end
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Wednesday that he expects the basic interest rate to fall to "at least" 12% by this year's end, emphasizing ample scope for monet...
Jul 26, 2023
Fed raises interest rates, leaves door open to another increase
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, citing still elevated inflation as a rationale for what is now the highest U.S. central ...
Jul 26, 2023
Suspected ISWAP militants kill 25 in Nigeria’s Borno state, residents say
By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Islamist militants killed at least 25 people and wounded others in attacks on two villages in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, a hotbed for insurgency, a poli...
Jul 26, 2023
Motor racing-Dennis hopes for a clean fight in Formula E title showdown
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Jake Dennis is hoping for a clean fight on home soil this weekend as he bids to become Britain's first world champion in the all-electric Formula E series. It will b...
Jul 26, 2023
U.S. seeks detention of FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried pending trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday asked a judge to order Sam Bankman-Fried to be jailed ahead of his scheduled October trial over the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency...
Jul 26, 2023
Mercedes-Benz raises annual earnings forecast
(Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz Group AG on Wednesday said it has raised its full-year forecast for earnings before interest and taxes. (Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
Jul 26, 2023
Foxconn unit in talks for $200 million components plant in India’s Tamil Nadu -sources
By Praveen Paramasivam and Munsif Vengattil CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - A Foxconn subsidiary is in talks with India's Tamil Nadu state to invest up to $200 million to build a new plant for electronic c...
Jul 26, 2023
U.S. urges appeals court to lift curbs on social media contacts
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to lift an order sharply curbing government officials' communications with social media companies as a lawsuit...
Jul 26, 2023
Democratic US lawmakers propose banning legacy admissions
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday they were reintroducing a bill to ban higher education institutions that receive federal funds, as do virtually all U.S. colleges...
Jul 26, 2023
U.S. House spending bill clears procedural hurdle in party-line vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first of 12 fiscal 2024 spending bills overcame a procedural hurdle in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, as lawmakers edged toward a loom...
Jul 26, 2023
