By Noel Randewich and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rallied on Monday to their highest closing levels since April 2022, while Oracle hit a record high ahead of quarterly results as investors awaited inflation data and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision this week. Lifted by gains in market…
By Jody Godoy A former Goldman Sachs banker leaked details of potential corporate mergers to a friend who traded on the information, a prosecutor told a New York jury during opening arguments of a trial on Monday. Former Goldman Sachs Vice President Brijesh Goel faces securities fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges for allegedly…
By Abhirup Roy (Reuters) -Electric vehicle charging companies are cautiously embracing Tesla’s charging technology as the main U.S. standard, mere days after Ford and GM said they were adopting it, but questions remained about how any interoperability would work. The rare agreements between Tesla Inc and each of the two U.S. automakers, who among them…
(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed unhappiness on Monday at results of an inspection he ordered into all Ukrainian shelters after three people were killed when they were unable to access one during a Russian air strike in Kyiv. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said he had received summary reports on the shelters’ “preparedness…
By Lewis Krauskopf (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Lewis Krauskopf, U.S. markets correspondent Markets face a question heading into Tuesday’s action — will the U.S. inflation report spoil the mood? Asian investors are waking up to another upbeat session in global stock markets. Wall Street’s major averages continued…
By Lewis Krauskopf (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Lewis Krauskopf, U.S. markets correspondent Markets face a question heading into Tuesday’s action — will the U.S. inflation report spoil the mood? Asian investors are waking up to another upbeat session in global stock markets. Wall Street’s major averages continued…
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday its troops had recaptured seven villages from Russian forces along an approximately 100-km (60-mile) front in the southeast since starting its long-anticipated counteroffensive last week. The task of ending Russia’s occupation of southern and eastern Ukraine is daunting, given Russia’s numerical superiority in men, ammunition and…
By Anthony Deutsch VOLKEL AIR BASE, Netherlands (Reuters) – Ukrainian pilots could begin training to fly U.S.-manufacture F-16 fighter jets as soon as this summer, the Dutch defense minister has told Reuters, a first step toward supplying Kyiv with a powerful, long-term capability in its war with Russia. NATO allies the Netherlands and Denmark are…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian Supreme Court judge being probed for alleged involvement in a drunken fight resigned on Monday, marking the first time a member of the top court has resigned amid questions of misconduct. Russell Brown, appointed to the nine-judge court in August 2015, had stepped aside in February after reports emerged of…
By Sinéad Carew and Elizabeth Howcroft NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks gained ground, hitting their highest level in more than a year on Monday, while U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar were virtually unchanged ahead of key U.S. inflation readings and interest rate decisions later this week from the U.S. Federal Reserve and other…
