By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canadian potash producer Nutrien is not looking to sell assets to raise capital, CEO Ken Seitz told Reuters, even as falling fertilizer prices have caused it to scrap projects and trim costs. Nutrien said on Wednesday it would halt plans to expand potash production in Saskatchewan and end…
By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Auto parts maker Vimercati will invest $200 million to open a plant in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, the state’s governor, Samuel Garcia, said on social media on Thursday. Garcia was scheduled to meet with Vimercati executives on Thursday as part of a tour of India….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States could soon offer to put armed sailors and Marines on commercial ships traveling through the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, amid alleged attempts by Iran to hijack ships in international waters. The Pentagon last month sent additional F-35 and F-16 fighter jets along with…
By Mario Fuentes HAVANA (Reuters) – Among the classic cars, mopeds and rickshaws Cubans use to get around the capital city Havana, a new kind of ride is hitting the streets – bamboo bicycles made by a local workshop. Velo Cuba, a bike shop and tour company, produces the lightweight, eco-friendly options as part of…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged all countries at the United Nations on Thursday to tell Russia to stop using the Black Sea as blackmail after Moscow quit a deal that had allowed Ukraine to safely ship its grain to global markets. “Every member of the United…
PARIS (Reuters) -Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky aims to remain a “passive” and “minority” shareholder in French company Atos, his spokesperson said on Thursday, following concerns raised by some lawmakers over the independence of France’s nuclear deterrence. Atos said this week it was in talks to sell its loss-making legacy business to Kretinsky in a 2…
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of Wayfair Inc rose as much as 24% on Thursday to their highest level in more than a year, after the online furniture retailer reported a smaller-than-expected second-quarter loss as orders grew and costs fell. While net revenue fell 3.4% year on year to $3.2 billion, Wayfair…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hunter Biden gave the impression to executives at Ukrainian energy company Burisma that he had leverage because of his father, Joe Biden, and sold those family ties as part of his business brand, a witness told congressional investigators. In a transcript from a closed-door interview released by the Republican-controlled…
By Karl Plume (Reuters) – Global commodities trader Cargill Inc reported this week that its fiscal year 2023 revenue increased 7% from a year earlier to $177 billion, the highest ever for the 158-year-old company. Privately-held Cargill’s strong result released on Wednesday was the latest for a global farm commodities trader after publicly-traded peers Archer-Daniels-Midland…
(Reuters) -A federal judge formally sentenced Robert Bowers to death on Thursday for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The sentencing hearing came a day after a jury unanimously voted for the death penalty after finding Bowers guilty on 63 counts, including 11…
