By Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) – A preliminary investigation by Credit Suisse found that its Chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio attended the Wimbledon tennis finals in July during a visit to Britain when the country’s COVID-19 rules required him to be in quarantine, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. It’s the second time the Portuguese…
By Siddharth Cavale and Arriana McLymore (Reuters) – Major U.S. retailers’ longer return policies, launched during the pandemic this year to lure consumers, could leave them facing much higher costs if shoppers bring back a record-setting $112 billion in gifts bought during the extended holiday shopping season. Retailers entered the 2021 holiday season facing a…
By Praveen Paramasivam and Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) -Carnival Corp’s Cunard cruise line said on Wednesday its Queen Mary 2 ship would skip a scheduled stop at New York and instead extend its stay in Barbados until Jan. 2 to bring in more staffers. Cunard said its decision to add more crew members was a…
(Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX has raised $337.4 million in equity financing, the rocket company disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. SpaceX, which counts Alphabet Inc and Fidelity Investments among its investors, hit $100 billion in valuation following a secondary share sale in October, according to CNBC. It had raised about $1.16…
By Dan Burns (Reuters) -The U.S. trade deficit in goods mushroomed to the widest ever in November as imports of consumer goods shot to a record ahead of the second straight COVID-distorted holiday shopping season along with industrial supplies, while exports slipped after a historic gain a month earlier. The goods trade gap reported…
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices steadied on Wednesday, after government data showed U.S. crude and fuel inventories fell last week, but concern that rising coronavirus cases might reduce demand weighed. Brent crude fell 8 cents to $78.86 a barrel by 12:58 p.m. EST (1748 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude…
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday impounded ballots that will decide whether the United Steelworkers (USW) continues to represent workers at an Exxon Mobil oil refinery in southeast Texas, according to the union and company. The NLRB has said it may impound the ballots while it reviews…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s debt-laden Tsinghua Unigroup on Wednesday said creditors had backed a draft restructuring proposal for the chip conglomerate after local media reported that a strategic investment of 60 billion yuan ($9.42 billion) was on the way. Creditors representing more than 90% of outstanding claims voted in favor of the draft restructuring proposal…
By Katanga Johnson and Abhinav Ramnarayan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An early rally in major stock indexes slowed on Wednesday as uncertainty over the surge in infections caused by the Omicron variant tempered optimism harsh new measures on commerce and movement can be avoided. After a weak session in Asian stock markets, European stock markets opened…
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish authorities have selected local automotive group QEV Technologies as lead candidate to take over Nissan’s main plant in Barcelona after Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor withdrew its interest, Nissan said on Wednesday. Catalonia-based engineering group QEV plans to turn the facility into a hub for electric vehicles, including participation from Swedish…
