By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -When attorneys for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appear in court to defend against Walt Disney Co’s lawsuit that accuses the Republican official of weaponizing state government, they will see a familiar face, if not always a welcome one. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee has struck down several…
ROTTERDAM (Reuters) – Millions of Dutch revellers took to the streets on Thursday to celebrate King’s Day festivities, dressing in orange and enjoying open-air markets – even as trust in the man at the centre of the nationwide party sinks to a low ebb. King Willem-Alexander, whose 56th birthday is the official reason for the…
By Matteo Allievi and Natalia Siniawski (Reuters) – Spanish steelmaker Acerinox beat first quarter net profit expectations on Thursday, driven by growth in its U.S. operations, and forecast slightly better earnings in the second quarter. Net profit was 136 million euros ($150 million), well above analysts’ average forecast of 83 million euros, according to Refinitiv…
By Matteo Allievi and Natalia Siniawski (Reuters) – Spanish steelmaker Acerinox beat first quarter net profit expectations on Thursday, driven by growth in its U.S. operations, and forecast slightly better earnings in the second quarter. Net profit was 136 million euros ($150 million), well above analysts’ average forecast of 83 million euros, according to Refinitiv…
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The broadcast venture of India’s Reliance has struck a deal with Warner Bros Discovery Inc. for its streaming platform JioCinema, making a big push to bring Hollywood content onto the platform and compete against Netflix and Amazon. The deal between Reliance’s Viacom18 would see Warner Bros as well as…
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – French spirits group Pernod Ricard reported a bigger-than-expected decline in third-quarter sales but said it was confident of delivering a strong performance over the 2022/2023 full year, predicting “very strong” sales in the fourth quarter. Pernod, the world’s second-biggest spirits group after Diageo, said that it expected consumer demand…
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) -Global leasing giant Avolon said on Thursday it had committed to ordering 40 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in a deal worth over $4 billion at current list prices, a boost for the U.S. planemaker as it grapples with fresh delivery issues. Avolon, the world’s third largest aircraft leasing firm, said…
By Laurie Chen and Sophie Yu BEIJING (Reuters) – Queues stretch hundreds of metres around temples in China on weekends, as despondent young worshippers pray to find jobs in an economy slowly clawing its way back from the coronavirus pandemic. “I hope to find some peace in temples,” said 22-year-old Wang Xiaoning, pointing to “the…
By Tom Sims and Marta Orosz FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank is to cut 800 jobs in a new cost-saving drive after reporting a bigger than expected rise in profit for the first quarter, a volatile period globally for finance companies. Germany’s biggest bank produced solid earnings at a time when banks had to be…
By Sarah N. Lynch, Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart (Reuters) -A U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified military documents has a history of making violent threats, used his government computer to research mass shootings, and tried to destroy evidence of his crimes, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. In a 48-page filing, the Justice…
