(Reuters) -Paysafe Payment Solutions, Binance’s European banking partner, said on Thursday it will cease offering its embedded wallet solution to the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange across the European Economic Area (EEA) from Sept. 25. “Paysafe and Binance are now working to mutually implement an orderly and fair process to terminate this service over the next few…
By Granth Vanaik, Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Katherine Masters (Reuters) -Nike forecast first-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations on Thursday as cost-conscious consumers in North America cut back on sneaker and sports apparel purchases overshadowing a strong recovery in China. In North America, the company’s biggest market, still-high inflation has led to consumers buying essential…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Alkermes beat back activist investor Sarissa Capital Management’s boardroom challenge on Thursday when shareholders re-elected all of the biotechnology company’s directors in one of the year’s most closely watched votes. Sarissa, one of Alkermes’ biggest investors with an 8.5% stake, criticized how management is running the company and how…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Members of Goldman Sachs’ board nominated former Bank of America executive Tom Montag to join as an independent director, according to a filing on Thursday. Montag was recommended to join the board’s audit, risk and corporate governance and nominating committees at the group’s next meeting, the Wall Street bank said in…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets bring an eventful first half of the year to a close on Friday with investors bracing for a raft of top tier economic data, particularly from China and Japan, and digesting yet another…
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund’s executive board on Thursday completed its first review of Ukraine’s $15.6 billion loan program, allowing Kyiv to immediately withdraw $890 million for budget support as it mounts a major offensive against Russia’s invasion. The board’s approval brings Ukraine’s withdrawals under the program launched…
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – People taking popular diabetes and weight loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy or Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro should temporarily stop taking them before having elective surgery to avoid possible serious complications, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) said on Thursday. The group has received anecdotal reports from…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets bring an eventful first half of the year to a close on Friday with investors bracing for a raft of top tier economic data, particularly from China and Japan, and digesting yet another…
By Victor Borges and Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s National Monetary Council (CMN), the country’s top economic policy body, decided on Thursday to set its 2026 inflation target at 3% and tweak the time frame to assess the inflation goal’s fulfillment, confirming market expectations on both fronts. Currently, the CMN sets annual inflation targets that…
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -Overstock.com intends to sunset its company name and rebrand as Bed Bath & Beyond after purchasing that company’s intellectual property assets in bankruptcy, Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson said on Thursday. Overstock, which chose not to bid on any of Bed Bath & Beyond’s retail locations or inventory, will remain…
