Democratic Senator Warner seeks Biden’s exit from presidential race, W.Post reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Mark Warner is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to ask Joe Biden to exit the presidential race after last week’s debate performance, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing two unidentified people with knowledge of the effort. Warner, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, earlier this…

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S&P 500, Nasdaq post record closing highs as data stokes hope for rate cut

By Ankika Biswas, Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Saeed Azhar (Reuters) -The S&P 500 index and technology-laden Nasdaq rose on Wednesday to post record high closes, as data pointing to a softening economy raised hopes the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed slightly lower, pressured by selling in…

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Spirit Aero to be broken up as Boeing agrees to $4.7 billion stock deal

By Tim Hepher, Shivani Tanna and Mike Stone (Reuters) -Boeing agreed to buy back Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion in stock and Airbus moved to take on the supplier’s loss-making Europe-focused activities, sending shares in all three companies higher in a rare transatlantic break-up. The near-two-decade independence of the world’s largest standalone aerostructures company ended…

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Putin remarks about possible weapons for North Korea ‘incredibly concerning’-US

By Simon Lewis, Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russia may supply weapons for North Korea after signing a defense pact with Pyongyang are “incredibly concerning,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said. Putin suggested after a visit to North Korea this week that such…

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