By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Use of the drug misoprostol on its own to terminate pregnancies is on the rise in the United States as providers seek a preemptive alternative while a ban on abortion pill mifepristone is being considered in court. Misoprostol is already part of the only medication abortion…
(Reuters) – Contract drugmaker Emergent BioSolutions Inc said on Thursday it is aiming to price the over-the-counter (OTC) version of its opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan at around $50 per carton. The OTC version will become available at U.S. stores and online retailers later this summer, while the currently available prescription nasal spray carries a…
(Reuters) – Deutsche Bank’s Russian subsidiary’s profits jumped by almost six times in 2022 to 5.4 billion roubles ($66.42 million), Russian audit documents showed, the latest example of a foreign lender booking strong earnings in the Russian market. Foreign banks have stepped in to take business from Russian lenders who fell under sweeping Western sanctions…
By Karin Strohecker, Dhara Ranasinghe and Davide Barbuscia LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Market jitters over the U.S. debt ceiling lifted the cost of insuring exposure to its debt to the highest level in over a decade on Thursday, while JPMorgan warned of a “non-trivial risk” of a technical default on U.S. Treasuries. A showdown over U.S….
By Elisa Anzolin VALVIGNA, Italy (Reuters) – Italy’s Prada is planning to spend 60 million euros ($66 million) on industrial capital investments this year, a large chunk of which will help double the size of its knitwear factory in Torgiano, in the central region of Umbria, the luxury group’s industrial director said on Thursday. Prada,…
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -U.S. veterans and members of the military on Wednesday urged a judge to dismiss 3M’s bid to use the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies to shield itself from nearly 260,000 lawsuits over military-issue earplugs that former users allege were defective and damaged their hearing. 3M and Aearo say the earplug…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. banking system remains sound and the U.S. government will take “any necessary steps” to keep it the strongest and safest financial system in the world, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday. Yellen said decisive U.S. actions taken after the failure of two regional banks had shored up the…
By Ariba Shahid and Mubasher Bukhari KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Retail sales in Pakistan have witnessed a sharp drop compared to previous years in the run up to the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, retailers say, as shoppers feel the pinch of decades-high inflation. The lead up to Eid al-Fitr, expected to fall on Saturday…
By Siddarth S and Niket Nishant (Reuters) – American Express Co’s profit missed Wall Street estimates on Thursday despite higher spending by its customers as the credit card giant kept aside a large sum to cover potential defaults and spent more on promotions. Shares fell as much as 7% to a near three-month low of…
By Manya Saini (Reuters) – A clutch of U.S. regional lenders on Thursday joined peers in reporting deposit outflows for the first quarter as customers spooked by a banking crisis moved funds to bigger institutions or sought higher yields in money market funds. Shares in Fifth Third Bancorp, Comerica, Truist Financial Corp and KeyCorp fell…
