Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Health insurer Elevance raises annual profit forecast
(Reuters) -Elevance Health Inc lifted its annual earnings forecast on Wednesday after strength in the unit that houses its pharmacy benefits management business, IngenioRx, helped the company sail pas...
Jul 20, 2022
India’s Wipro misses quarterly profit estimates as employee costs rise
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Wipro Ltd missed analyst estimates for June-quarter profit on Wednesday, as higher employee-related costs pushed up the information technology services firm's overall expe...
Jul 20, 2022
‘The Supreme Court did us a favor’: Democrats seize on abortion ruling as midterm lifeline
By Tim Reid LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Susie Lee, one of the U.S. Congress's most endangered Democrats, has spent this year fighting a tough re-election campaign in the face of soaring inflation and weighe...
Jul 20, 2022
Right-wing U.S. sheriffs vow to probe 2020 voter-fraud claims
By Peter Eisler and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - A coalition of rightwing "constitutional sheriffs," who claim legal power in their jurisdictions that exceeds U.S. federal and state authorities, has a new...
Jul 20, 2022
Shanghai extends COVID testing order for residents to end August
BEIJING (Reuters) - Residents in China's commercial hub Shanghai must take a nucleic acid COVID-19 test at least once a week until the end of August, a local official said on Wednesday. That extended ...
Jul 20, 2022
Exclusive-India central bank prepared to spend $100 billion more defending rupee – source
By Swati Bhat and Aftab Ahmed MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's central bank is prepared to sell a sixth of its foreign exchange reserves to defend the rupee against a rapid depreciation after it pl...
Jul 20, 2022
Europe races to cut Russian gas usage amid new Putin warning
By Kate Abnett and Nina Chestney BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union will set out emergency plans on Wednesday to curb gas usage after President Vladimir Putin warned the bloc that Russian ...
Jul 20, 2022
Factbox-Who will replace UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
By Andrew MacAskill and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Three candidates are left in the contest to replace Boris Johnson as British prime minister. Below are some details on the contenders, who ar...
Jul 20, 2022
Israeli minister rues ‘stupid’ Israeli TV report in Mecca
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli minister on Wednesday denounced as 'stupid and harmful' to Israel-Gulf ties a TV report by a journalist who entered Islam's holiest site Mecca despite...
Jul 20, 2022
Thailand admits to using phone spyware, cites national security
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai minister has admitted the country uses surveillance software to track individuals in cases involving national security or drugs, amid revelations that government critics' ph...
Jul 20, 2022
