By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – Rudy Giuliani, onetime attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, admitted in a court filing late Tuesday that he made defamatory statements about a pair of Georgia election workers. Giuliani told a federal court in Washington that he does not dispute that comments he made about Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and…
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Europe’s Airbus on Wednesday posted higher-than-expected underlying operating profit for the second quarter and reaffirmed financial goals for the year, while removing an interim industrial target on the route to record jet output. The world’s largest planemaker said adjusted earnings before interest and tax rose 34% to 1.845 billion euros…
(Reuters) -EBay forecast third-quarter profit below market expectations on Thursday as the e-commerce platform spent more to bolster categories such as auto parts, refurbished goods and collectibles, sending its shares down 4.5% after the bell. The company had in June acquired Certilogo, a provider of AI-powered apparel authentication, and bought trading cards marketplace TCGplayer last…
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia targeted the regions of Kyiv, Khmelnytskiy and Kirovohrad in a second missile strike on Ukraine on Wednesday, and its air force chief said the barrage had been repelled. Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk, writing on Telegram, said anti-aircraft units had downed 36 targets – three Kalibr cruise missiles and 33 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean manufacturers’ business optimism in August hit its highest level in seven months, a central bank survey showed on Thursday, as concern about raw material prices eased. The business outlook index for August rose to 71 on a seasonally adjusted basis from 69 for July, according to the Bank of Korea’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, citing still elevated inflation as a rationale for what is now the highest U.S. central bank policy rate in 16 years. The rate hike, the Fed’s 11th in its last 12 meetings, set the benchmark overnight…
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell froze up for about 21 seconds while speaking to reporters on Wednesday, walking away only to return 12 minutes later to say he was “fine.” The 81-year-old Kentucky lawmaker began a regular scheduled press conference on Wednesday by talking about bipartisan cooperation on a…
By Niket Nishant and Manya Saini (Reuters) -PacWest Bancorp’s shares jumped nearly 29% on Wednesday, as investors cheered Banc of California’s $1.1 billion deal for the lender that has been under pressure since the banking crisis earlier this year. Shares of Banc of California, smaller and younger compared to 24-year old PacWest, also rose about…
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global shares were mostly flat while U.S. yields fell on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve delivered its 11th consecutive hike in interest rates aimed at reining in rising consumer prices. The rate hike, which was in line market expectations, took the benchmark overnight interest rate to between 5.25%…
By Abigail Summerville (Reuters) – The private equity owners of popular emergency contraception pill Plan B, Foundation Consumer Healthcare, have hired advisors to explore options including a potential sale of the company, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. A sale could value the company at more than $4 billion, the source said, adding…
