Netflix quarterly revenue misses forecasts, shares slide
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Streaming video pioneer Netflix disappointed Wall Street on Wednesday with second-quarter…
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Exclusive-Key bidders in Ascential break-up quit auction – sources
By Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) -Three major bidders for the consumer data arm of UK business media group Ascential have…
China says its ‘priority’ is to stop Taiwan VP visiting US next month
BEIJING (Reuters) – It is China’s “priority” to stop Taiwan’s vice president and presidential frontrunner William Lai from visiting the…
Chinese professor says youth jobless rate might have hit 46.5%
By Ryan Woo and Ellen Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) -An unusually public claim by a Chinese professor the country’s youth jobless…
Microsoft to offer some free security products after criticism
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is expanding its suite of free security tools for customers, the software…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak braced for defeats in key elections
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces voters in very different parliamentary seats on Thursday and…
USDA, states eye cheaper food by targeting anticompetitive acts
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking to lower food prices and boost competition by…
Hong Kong court sentences man to 3 months jail for insulting national anthem
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court sentenced a man to three months imprisonment on Thursday for allegedly insulting…
Analysis-Suspicion deepens as absence of China’s foreign minister persists
By Laurie Chen, Martin Quin Pollard and Kate Lamb BEIJING/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Days before a conference of foreign ministers this…
Factbox-Who is the Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr?
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on Thursday and set it on fire in protest against…