By Rachel Savage and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila JOHANNESBURG/ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana is targeting $10.5 billion of external debt service relief from 2023-2026, the IMF said, giving an early indication of how large a hit investors might face in an impending debt overhaul. The West African country’s debt is currently unsustainable, but Ghana aims to restore…
(Reuters) -OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, said on Thursday it is introducing the ChatGPT app for Apple’s iOS. The ChatGPT app is free to use and would sync history across devices, OpenAI said. “ChatGPT Plus subscribers get exclusive access to GPT-4’s capabilities, early access to features and faster response times, all on iOS,”…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that lawmakers from his chamber should be ready to return to Washington on 24-hours notice during next week’s recess, as debt ceiling talks make progress toward a possible deal to avoid default. (Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Chris Reese)
LONDON (Reuters) -A European body that reviews disputes in the credit default swaps market said on Thursday it will discuss whether a bankruptcy credit event occurred at Credit Suisse after regulators wiped out the bank’s junior bondholders in a state-assisted merger with UBS. The EMEA Credit Derivatives Determination Committee (CDDC) said it will meet on…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Chile’s lithium miner SQM is set to start talks about lithium projects with state miner Codelco in the coming weeks, the firm’s Chief Executive Officer Ricardo Ramos told analysts in a quarterly earnings call on Thursday. Ramos said the exact dates would soon be shared with the market. The Chilean government had…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against Amgen Inc in its bid to revive patents on its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha in a legal clash with French rival Sanofi SA. The 9-0 ruling upheld a lower court’s decision that had invalidated Amgen’s patents on the grounds that the Thousand Oaks,…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against Amgen Inc in its bid to revive patents on its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha in a legal clash with French rival Sanofi SA. The 9-0 ruling upheld a lower court’s decision that had invalidated Amgen’s patents on the grounds that the Thousand Oaks,…
By Kirstin Ridley and Stefania Spezzati LONDON (Reuters) – Credit Suisse came close to falling below minimum levels of cash held at the Swiss central bank days before its forced takeover by UBS, a regulatory document shows. As of mid-March 2023, Credit Suisse barely reached its internal cash limit at the Swiss National Bank. A…
By Helen Coster NEW YORK (Reuters) – CNN is getting more Republicans on the air as it seeks political diversity, the chief executive of parent company Warner Bros Discovery said on Thursday, adding he and CNN chief Chris Licht have told Republicans “they’re not going to get one more vote on Fox News.” “Our view…
By Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Billionaire Sam Zell, who built a real estate empire and was known for his bets on distressed assets, died at the age of 81 due to complications from a recent illness, a statement from his private investment firm said on Thursday. Born in 1941 to Polish parents who escaped to the…
