LONDON (AP) — Google said Wednesday that it struck licensing deals with 300 news publishers in Europe in its latest effort to comply with a recently introduced European Union copyright law. The tech giant signed the agreements with national, local and specialist news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ireland and said…
By Eric M. Johnson and Aishwarya Nair SEATTLE (Reuters) -Boeing Co said on Wednesday that supply chain disruptions slowed production and deliveries of its 737 MAX cash-cow narrowbody plane in recent weeks, but it does not see its overall plan for the year being disrupted. The U.S. planemaker also said China was close to clearing…
By Gabriel Araujo and Andre Romani SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian carrier Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA and Colombia’s Avianca said on Wednesday they were combining under the roof of a common holding company, signaling a move toward post-pandemic Latin American airline consolidation. The holding company, called Abra Group, will be jointly controlled by the principal…
NEW YORK (AP) — Kohl’s shareholders rejected all 10 board nominees pushed by activist investor Macellum Advisors and instead voted in support of the existing board. The department store said Wednesday that shareholders have voted to re-elect all 13 of its director nominees, according to a preliminary tally at its shareholders’ meeting. Kohl’s did not…
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s inflation slowed in April but still posted the steepest rise for the month in 26 years, pushing the 12-month figure to over 12% amid continued pressures on food and fuel, official figures showed on Wednesday. Consumer prices as measured by the benchmark IPCA index rose 1.06% in April, slightly…
Kendall Nunamaker and her family of five in Kennewick, Washington, faced impossible math this month: How to pay for gas, groceries and the mortgage with inflation driving up prices? Like many other working families, the Nunamakers are grappling with the 8.3% inflation in the consumer price index in April announced Wednesday — slowing slightly from…
(Reuters) -New car sales in Russia fell by a record 78.5% year on year in April, dropping for a tenth month in a row as the sector was hit by acute shortages and soaring prices caused by disrupted logistics and a volatile rouble. New car sales of 32,706 cars in April were less than one-quarter…
The shutdown of a gas pipeline in eastern Ukraine has sent a fresh wave of energy jitters through Europe. The price of gas jumped — then fell. The cutoff is in sharp focus because it’s the first time that the war has disrupted the Russian natural gas that flows through Ukraine to get to Europe,…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer price growth slowed sharply in April as gasoline prices eased off record highs, suggesting that inflation has probably peaked, though it is likely to stay hot for a while and keep the Federal Reserve’s foot on the brakes to cool demand. That aspect was reinforced by the report…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Emirates will receive its first Airbus A350 aircraft in August 2024, the airline’s chief operating officer was cited as saying on Wednesday, which would be more than one year later than originally planned. Emirates and Airbus did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report by Emirati newspaper Emarat…
