Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Brazil’s Itau Unibanco buys stake in XP Inc for $1.6 billion
(Reuters) - Brazilian lender Itau Unibanco said on Friday it has acquired an 11.36% stake in brokerage XP Inc for around 8 billion reais ($1.61 billion). The deal does not change XP's governance and s...
Apr 29, 2022
FBI searches of data collected without a warrant nearly triples last year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI made nearly 3.4 million queries last year to a database of information collected without a warrant, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said on Friday, n...
Apr 29, 2022
Pfizer says COVID treatment Paxlovid fails to prevent infection of household members
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc on Friday said a large trial found that its COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid was not effective at preventing coronavirus infection in people living with someone who ha...
Apr 29, 2022
U.S. dollar net long bets rise, bitcoin posts largest net long since CME launch -CFTC, Reuters
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Speculators' net long positioning on the U.S. dollar rose in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading C...
Apr 29, 2022
Cuervo parent Becle expects supply problems to persist, CEO says
(Reuters) - Mexican distiller Becle, better known as the parent company of the popular Jose Cuervo tequila brand, expects to see more supply chain problems this year, the company's chief executive sai...
Apr 29, 2022
Northern New Mexico villagers prepare to flee as winds whip wildfire
By Andrew Hay MORA, N.M. (Reuters) - Thousands of people who live in mountain villages of northern New Mexico prepared to evacuate on Friday as gusting winds and drought conditions drove the largest w...
Apr 29, 2022
USTR to lead delegation to Kenya to explore trade, investment opportunities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Assistant United States Trade Representative (USTR) for African Affairs Constance Hamilton will lead a delegation to Kenya on May 1 to explore opportunities for enhanced trade a...
Apr 29, 2022
U.S. judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell’s motion to toss sex trafficking conviction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday denied a motion by Ghislaine Maxwell to overturn her December 2021 conviction on sex trafficking charges for her role in helping the late financier Jeffrey ...
Apr 29, 2022
Abbott to release limited quantities of some nutrition formulas
(Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories said on Friday it would release limited quantities of some nutrition products that had been on hold after the company recalled certain powder infant formulas produced a...
Apr 29, 2022
Disney’s chief corporate affairs officer Geoff Morrell is leaving the company
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's head of corporate affairs, Geoff Morrell, is leaving the company three months after joining the Burbank entertainment giant from the oil and energy company BP, according t...
Apr 29, 2022
