Canadian firms’ inflation expectations remain high as labor pressures ease
By Steve Scherer and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian businesses still see inflation running high before edging down slowly,…
June 30, 2023
Venezuela pursues debt settlement with Crystallex, Conoco, bondholders
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) – Negotiators representing Venezuela have held settlement talks with bondholders and creditors owed billions of…
US Supreme Court to weigh legality of domestic-violence gun curbs
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court took up another major dispute over gun rights on Friday,…
UK regulator may refer Adobe’s $20 billion Figma deal to deeper probe
(Reuters) -Britain’s competition regulator said on Friday that Photoshop owner Adobe’s $20 billion buyout of cloud-based designer platform Figma may…
As the Libor era ends, market participants hope for ‘crickets’
By John McCrank and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The last rates based on the tarnished London Interbank Offer…
HSBC blocking of Hong Konger pensions matter of ‘deep concern’, say US, UK lawmakers
LONDON (Reuters) – Two influential lawmakers in the United States and Britain accused HSBC on Friday of contributing to the…
EU Commission demands Uniper dispose of Dutch business – Handelsblatt
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Commission has demanded that German gas importer Uniper divest its Dutch business to obtain regulatory…
Shell’s renewables boss to leave after CEO strategy shift
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -Shell’s head of renewable generation Thomas Brostrom is leaving the company, a spokesperson said on…
U.S. senators write to Zuckerberg after report on Instagram algorithm
(Reuters) – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin and ranking Republican member Lindsey Graham said on Friday they wrote…
Consumers, food-makers face choice as WHO cancer agency set to warn on aspartame sweeteners (June 29)
(Corrects June 29 story to remove reference to aspartame in Weight Watchers yoghurts in paragraph 6) By Richa Naidu and…