By Steve Holland and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s unexplained freezeup while speaking in Congress this week is the latest reminder that America’s most powerful political leaders are much older than many in other democracies. Joe Biden, 80, is the oldest U.S. president to ever serve in the White House,…
(Reuters) – (This July 27 story has been corrected to remove reference to ‘demand for data on valuations, benchmarks & energy markets prices wilting away’ in paragraph 4, & reference to Market Intelligence unit’s revenue share in paragraph 6) S&P Global Inc missed profit estimates for the second quarter on Thursday, as weakness in rating…
By Lananh Nguyen, Niket Nishant and Manya Saini (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs executive Julian Salisbury will join investment firm Sixth Street as a partner and co-chief investment officer early next year, his incoming firm said, marking yet another high-profile exit from Goldman. Salisbury, who was chief investment officer of asset and wealth management at the…
By Lisa Baertlein and Anthony Deutsch LOS ANGELES/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Electric vehicles are crisscrossing the globe to reach their eager buyers, but the battery technology involved in the zero- emission automobiles is exposing under-prepared maritime shippers to the risk of hard-to-control fires, industry, insurance and emergency response officials said. That risk has been put under…
By Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Fourteen Iraqi private banks hit with curbs by the United States over allegedly helping siphon U.S. dollars to Iran said on Wednesday they were ready to challenge the measures and face audits and called on Iraqi authorities to provide assistance. U.S. financial authorities last week barred 14…
By Maggie Fick and Radhika Anilkumar LONDON (Reuters) -AstraZeneca on Friday delivered forecast-beating profits and sales in the second quarter as a strong performance by its blockbuster cancer drugs offset the loss of COVID-19 vaccine sales. Shares in the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker, which has a strong line-up of cancer, metabolic and rare disease drugs, rose as…
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump ordered employees at his Florida resort to delete security videos as he was under investigation for retaining classified documents, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday as they broadened the case against the former president and charged a second member of his staff with helping to…
By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his employees are facing new charges in the criminal case over the retention of sensitive government records at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump now faces 40 charges in the case, after originally being indicted on 37 counts last…
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facing uphill re-election battles in 2024, vulnerable Senate Democrats are pushing legislation that promotes “Buy America” policies, attempting to bolster their party on a brand of economic populism they hope will keep them in the majority. The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday advanced a bill from Democratic Senator Tammy…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell plans to remain in his leadership post through the 2024 elections, a spokesperson said on Friday, two days after the minority leader froze up for about 21 seconds while speaking to reporters. “He plans to serve his full term in the job they (Republican senators) overwhelmingly…
