Blackstone reaches record $1 trillion in assets; Q2 earnings slump
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Inc said on Thursday it became the first manager of alternative investments…
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Dollar gains as drop in US jobless claims boosts rate-hike bets
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar gained against a basket of currencies on Thursday after data showed…
Russia bombs Ukraine ports, threatens ships, as Kyiv deploys cluster munitions
By Viktoria Lakezina and Vitalii Hnidyi MYKOLAIV/NEAR KUPIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia jolted world grain markets with an escalation in the…
Sequoia Capital partner Michael Moritz to exit firm after 38 years
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) -Michael Moritz, the storied venture capitalist who sits on the boards of Stripe and Instacart, is…
US to hold first offshore wind rights sale in Gulf of Mexico next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday said the first offshore wind power auction in the Gulf of Mexico will…
FTC to pause Microsoft-Activision merger trial – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – The US Federal Trade Commission is poised to pause its in-house trial against Microsoft Corp’s $69 billion acquisition…
Papa John’s can’t force driver to arbitrate, US appeals court says
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday said Papa John’s International cannot force a Louisville, Kentucky,…
Wildfires slowly abate in Greece but temperatures rise
By Fedja Grulovic ATHENS (Reuters) -Wildfires across Greece slowly abated on Thursday after razing swathes of forest and dozens of…
United CEO confirms airline faces problem finding pilots to take captain’s chair
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has acknowledged that the carrier’s pilots are shunning…
Democratic-backed US Supreme Court ethics bill passed by Senate panel
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday advanced a bill that would mandate a binding ethics code…