By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fresh off a campaign victory in Iowa, Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom on Tuesday to defend himself for a second time against charges that he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of raping her decades ago. Trump watched from…
By Joanna Plucinska, Valerie Insinna and David Shepardson WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Boeing on Tuesday named a retired U.S. Navy admiral to advise the planemaker’s CEO on improving quality control after 737 MAX 9 planes were grounded following the in-flight cabin panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines jet. Kirkland H. Donald will serve as a special adviser…
By Manya Saini and Tatiana Bautzer (Reuters) -Morgan Stanley’s shares slid more than 4% after its fourth-quarter profit took a hit from $535 million in charges, though its revenue beat expectations as investment banking rebounded. Investors were disappointed by the bank’s lower-than-expected guidance for wealth management margins on Tuesday, which weighed on shares, said Barclays…
By Brijesh Patel and Polina Devitt LONDON (Reuters) – The rate at which platinum is displacing palladium in the manufacture of autocatalysts is slowing due to the sister metals approaching price parity, a trend which is likely to persist through this year, analysts said. Growing use of platinum in autocatalysts that reduce harmful emissions from…
