WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee has asked Texas billionaire Harlan Crow to detail gifts he or his companies have made to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the panel said on Tuesday. “Recent investigative reporting has identified multiple instances in which you or entities you own or control have made payments, purchased real…
(Reuters) – General Motors Co on Tuesday named former Apple Inc executive Mike Abbott to lead a division that will bring together three software functions within the company. Abbott, whose appointment is effective from May 22, will spearhead development of vehicle and enterprise software technologies. Automakers, including GM and Ford Motor Co, have been increasingly…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy is slowing in an “orderly fashion” that should allow inflation to decline even as growth continues, Fed Governor Philip Jefferson said on Tuesday. “The economy has started to slow in an orderly fashion…I am of the view that inflation will start to come down and the economy will have…
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Aid workers say fighting between rival military factions in Sudan is pushing poorly-funded humanitarian programmes in the region to a breaking point. Even before the violence began on April 15, millions of people in Sudan and neighbouring countries were dependent on aid due to poverty and conflict. Since then,…
By Mahamat Ramadane, Joe Bavier and Emma Farge GOUNGOUR, Chad (Reuters) – When a power struggle between Sudan’s rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac’s first instinct was to take her five children and run. But four days after seeking refuge in neighbouring…
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russians were united in a “sacred” fight with the West over Ukraine but the strains of war were evident at one of the most pared back anniversaries of the victory over Nazi Germany in decades. Putin has repeatedly likened the war in Ukraine…
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon said on Tuesday it had begun selling users of mobile games related physical items such as T-shirts and toys as it teamed up with the makers of Pokemon GO to provide merchandise related to a new game. The e-retailer announced a business-to-business program called Amazon Anywhere allowing…
(Reuters) – GlobalFoundries Inc projected quarterly revenue below estimates on Tuesday as the chip manufacturer takes a hit from slumping sales of smartphones and other consumer electronics, sending its shares down nearly 5% in premarket trading. The chip industry has struggled in the past few months due to a slowdown in orders from data center…
By Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. home buyers are still committed to their plans to buy a property despite rising interest rates, high inflation and slowing growth, according to a study by Bank of America published on Tuesday. Of the 1,000 respondents surveyed, 54% said they will speed up their home purchase plans,…
By Brendan O’Brien and Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – A Texas man accused of crashing his car into a group of pedestrians near a Brownsville homeless shelter housing migrants, killing eight people, has been charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault, police said on Monday. The driver, identified as 34-year-old George Alvarez, ran a red light, lost…
