A look at the state of US bank credit as earnings season begins
By Safiyah Riddle (Reuters) – Friday kicks off a week or more of earnings reports from U.S. banks covering the…
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US court refuses FTC request to pause Microsoft deal for Activision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal court rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s request that it order Microsoft to temporarily hold…
US asks appeals court to pause Microsoft deal after lower court refuses
By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asked an appeals court to…
Russian Duma completes passage of bill banning gender change
By Lucy Papachristou (Reuters) – A sweeping Russian draft law to ban legally or medically changing gender was approved by…
Small business distress index hits mid-2020 high
(This July 13 story has been corrected to say Gotshal, not Gotschal, in paragraph 1) By Chiara Elisei LONDON (Reuters)…
US Secretary of State Blinken urges stability in Indo-Pacific
JAKARTA (Reuters) – United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called for stability in the Indo-Pacific region and…
Roivant in talks to sell bowel disease drug to Roche in over $7 billion deal – WSJ
(Reuters) -Biotech company Roivant Sciences is in talks to sell an experimental drug to treat inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative…
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in US
By Manas Mishra and Sriparna Roy (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first over-the-counter…
Divisive China, Taiwan bids to join Pacific trade pact in focus at meet
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Members of a major trans-Pacific trade pact meeting in Auckland on Sunday are set…
Australia No.3 bank clinches union deal for staff to work from home
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – National Australia Bank (NAB), the No.3 lender, reached a deal that lets employees work…