By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former associate of Rudy Giuliani is suing him for sexual assault, accusing Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer of hiring her to fulfill his desire for a sexual relationship. In a civil complaint filed on Monday and seeking at least $10 million, Noelle Dunphy said Giuliani began abusing her…
SYDNEY (Reuters) -A measure of Australian consumer sentiment fell in May after a surprise hike in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and a “mildly disappointing” federal budget clouded the outlook for family finances and the economy. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment out on Tuesday slid 7.9% in May from…
By David Morgan, Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday prepared for critical debt-ceiling talks, with a little more than two weeks to go before the U.S. government could run short of money to pay its bills. Democratic and Republican staff were…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI lacked “actual evidence” to investigate Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and relied too heavily on tips provided by Trump’s political opponents to fuel the probe, U.S. Special Counsel John Durham concluded in a report released on Monday. The report marks the end of a four-year probe launched…
By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Automaker Stellantis has stopped construction at a more-than C$5 billion ($3.7 billion) electric-vehicle battery plant in Canada amid talks with the federal government about its support for the factory. “Effective immediately, all construction related to the battery module production on the Windsor site has stopped,” a spokesperson said,…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A measure of Australian consumer sentiment fell in May after a surprise hike in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and a “mildly disappointing” federal budget clouded the outlook for family finances and the economy. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment out on Tuesday slid 7.9% in May…
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A man wielding a baseball bat attacked two staff members in Democratic U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly’s district office in northern Virginia on Monday, Connolly and police said. The staff were transferred to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Connolly said. The suspect, who arrived at Connolly’s office asking for the…
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of helping enable sexual abuses by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The subpoena, issued on April 28, came to light on Monday in a request by the Virgin…
By David Randall and Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) -Fund managers zeroed in on the U.S. financial sector during the first quarter, a period during which lenders’ shares were rocked by volatility following the worst banking crisis since 2008, regulatory filings showed on Monday. The S&P Regional Banking Index fell approximately 25% during the quarter…
By Peter Frontini SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian state-controlled lender Banco do Brasil SA on Monday reported a 29% leap in first-quarter net profit compared with a year ago, boosted by double-digit growth in the value of its loan book. Banco do Brasil’s adjusted net income reached 8.55 billion reais ($1.71 billion) during the first three…
