By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Republican federal and state lawmakers, governors, and attorneys general are pushing back on growing efforts by investors and executives to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their business decision making. In all 39 bills targeting aspects of ESG were filed as of the end of 2022, of which…
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Wendy Nelson watched her mother slowly die of Alzheimer’s disease, unable to move or swallow at the end. “All her pleasures of life were gone,” Nelson said. Grief-stricken, terrified of facing the same death, Nelson ordered 23andMe DNA test kits for Christmas 2020 for herself and three adult daughters….
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked, for now, lower court orders that would have imposed new restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone while a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups and doctors seeking to ban it proceeds. But the legal fight over the drug is far from over. Here is what…
MILAN (Reuters) – The privatisation of Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena should foster the creation of several large banking groups in the country, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was quoted as telling the Milano Finanza newspaper on Saturday. Monte dei Paschi (MPS), of which the government owns 64% following a 2017 bailout, is seen…
MILAN (Reuters) – The privatisation of Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena should foster the creation of several large banking groups in the country, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was quoted as telling the Milano Finanza newspaper on Saturday. Monte dei Paschi (MPS), of which the government owns 64% following a 2017 bailout, is seen…
By Abhirup Roy, Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A California state court jury on Friday handed Tesla Inc a sweeping win, finding the electric vehicle maker’s Autopilot feature did not fail in what appeared to be the first trial related to a crash involving the partially automated driving software. Tesla has been…
By Abhirup Roy, Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A California state court jury on Friday handed Tesla Inc a sweeping win, finding the electric vehicle maker’s Autopilot feature did not fail in what appeared to be the first trial related to a crash involving the partially automated driving software. Tesla has been…
By Abhirup Roy, Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jurors in what appears to be the first trial related to a crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot feature told Reuters after the verdict on Friday that the electric-vehicle maker clearly warned that the partially automated driving software was not a self-piloted system, and that…
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s richest people added $152 billion to their wealth over the past year, buoyed by high prices for natural resources and rebounding from the huge loss of fortunes they experienced just after the Ukraine war began, Forbes Russia said. Russia has 110 official billionaires in the list, up 22…
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund, one of the world’s largest investors, said on Saturday it will vote against a resolution calling on British oil major BP to adopt tougher greenhouse gas targets. While BP already aims to reduce emissions, the motion filed by activist group Follow This ahead of…
