(This May 1 story has been refiled to drop extraneous letter in the headline.) By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – Donald Trump should be able to talk about the evidence in the criminal case against him over a hush payment to a porn star, especially with others free to do so, his lawyers said in a…
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Global hedge funds’ bearish positions reached year highs in April, largely aimed at companies selling non-essential consumer products, in a bet that harsher economic times will curtail excess spending, said a Goldman Sachs note on Monday. Hedge funds trading the stocks of U.S. consumer discretionary companies offering flat-screen TVs…
By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For months, the U.S. crisis over the debt limit has been a political abstraction. Not anymore. The U.S. Treasury’s new June 1 estimated deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling or risk default has ratcheted up the heat on Washington’s lawmakers to avert an economic…
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Tinder owner Match Group has said it will quit Russia by June 30, citing the need to protect human rights, one of many Western firms to leave since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine last year. “We are committed to protecting human rights,” Match said in an annual impact report published…
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Tinder owner Match Group has said it will quit Russia by June 30, citing the need to protect human rights, one of many Western firms to leave since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine last year. “We are committed to protecting human rights,” Match said in an annual impact report published…
By Orhan Coskun, Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi’s six-month rule ended when he detonated a suicide vest during a Turkish special forces raid in northwest Syria on Saturday after refusing to surrender, a senior Turkish security official said. The third ISIS leader to die by detonating an…
Hong Kong (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s economy grew 2.7% in the first quarter of 2023, John Lee, the leader of the Asian financial hub, said in a surprise announcement ahead of Tuesday’s official release of the data, to snap four consecutive quarters of contraction. Although exports continued to decline in the first quarter, faster growth in…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African manufacturing activity contracted again in April but less than in February and March, helped by companies building up inventories, a survey showed on Tuesday. The seasonally-adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 49.8 points in April from 48.1 in March, staying below the 50 point mark that separates expansion…
By Tatiana Bautzer and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Few investors and bankers could have imagined regulators would allow the largest U.S. lender to buy another bank and become even bigger. Then, Jamie Dimon beat the odds, clinching a deal to buy First Republic Bank on Monday. Now, the JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO expects…
By David Lawder, Trevor Hunnicutt, Andrea Shalal and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday summoned the four top congressional leaders to the White House next week after the Treasury warned the government could run short of cash to pay its bills by June. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a…
