Booking Holdings beats profit estimates on strong travel demand

(Reuters) – Booking Holdings Inc reported a better-than-expected profit for the first quarter on Thursday, as the online travel agency benefited from pent-up demand that drove consumers to book flights and hotels despite worries of an imminent recession. Shares of the company rose 1% to $2,630.5 after the bell. Major players in the hospitality industry…

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NPCC forecasts adequate power supply in parts of U.S. Northeast, eastern Canada this summer

(Reuters) – Northeast Power Coordinating Council Inc (NPCC) on Thursday said its annual reliability assessment projected the regions under its oversight will have an adequate supply to meet peak electricity demand this summer. NPCC, which oversees power grids in the U.S. Northeast and eastern Canada, forecast electricity peak demand of about 105,200 megawatts (MW) this…

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US meatpacker JBS opens cleaning unit after outside firm fined for hiring kids

CHICAGO (Reuters) -JBS USA, one of biggest U.S. meatpackers, is creating an internal company to clean some of its processing plants after a private sanitation firm it employed was accused of hiring children for dangerous work. The launch shows the complexities involved in replacing Packers Sanitation Services Inc (PSSI), a firm that contracts to clean…

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US Senate repeals solar panel tariff suspension, Biden expected to veto

By Nichola Groom and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal President Joe Biden’s suspension of tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations, a measure aimed at supporting the small domestic manufacturing industry.     Biden has vowed to veto the legislation, which passed the House of Representatives last…

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FDIC plans to hit big banks with fees to refill deposit insurance fund – Bloomberg News

(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is planning to exempt smaller lenders from kicking in extra money to replenish the government’s bedrock deposit insurance fund, and instead saddle the biggest banks with much of the bill, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The FDIC is planning to release a…

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US senators urge Biden to negotiate tax agreement with Taiwan

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. senators announced legislation on Thursday authorizing President Joe Biden’s administration to negotiate a tax agreement with Taiwan, seeking to foster investment as Washington works to shore up the island against a rising China. The senators, led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez and…

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