By Sam Nussey and Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – An overwhelming majority of Japanese firms think it would be difficult or impossible to fill at least 30% of executive positions with women by 2030, a Reuters poll showed. The results underscore the challenge the world’s third-largest economy faces to close its gender gap. Japanese Prime…
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -In a dimly lit recording studio in Seoul, producers at the K-pop music label that brought the world hit boy group BTS are using artificial intelligence to meld a South Korean singer’s voice with those of native speakers in five other languages. The technology enabled HYBE, South Korea’s largest music…
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – State officials across the U.S Northeast are warning residents about contaminated water following mass floods last week that swept raw sewage, pesticides, runoff fuel and other types of pollutants into private and public water systems. Health officials in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts have issued advisories this week cautioning that…
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index rose modestly on Wednesday, with the blue-chip Dow registering its eighth straight day of gains as investors gauged the latest round of corporate earnings, but a decline in Microsoft held the Nasdaq near the unchanged mark. Bank stocks extended…
By Tatiana Bautzer, Sinéad Carew and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. banking giants reported lackluster results for investment banking in the second quarter, but that has not stopped investors from buying their stocks as a bet on revived dealmaking. Goldman Sachs profit slumped 58% to the lowest in three years, it reported Wednesday,…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House warned on Wednesday that Russia may expand its targeting of Ukrainian grain facilities to include attacks against civilian shipping in the Black Sea. Adam Hodge, White House National Security Council spokesperson, said U.S. officials have information indicating Russia laid additional sea mines in the approaches to Ukrainian ports. “We…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. government agencies are targeting buying 9,500 electric vehicles in the 2023 budget year, but face supply issues and higher costs, a federal report said on Wednesday. That’s almost three times the number acquired in the prior budget year. The Government Accountability Office said 26 agencies with approved EV acquisition…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday they expected a sweeping defense policy bill to pass the chamber with strong bipartisan support, which could mean a clash with a largely party-line bill approved by the House of Representatives. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican leader Mitch…
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -Las Vegas Sands Corp’s second-quarter revenue exceeded Wall Street estimates, benefiting from non-gaming programming in Macao as tourism rebounds from China’s loosening of its zero-COVID policy and mass gaming reaching another record in Singapore. The casino operator’s revenue rose to $2.5 billion in the second quarter from $1.05 billion…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Tax revenues of Germany’s federal and regional state governments fell by 7.3% in June compared with the previous year, reflecting tax relief measures to compensate for inflation and a one-off effect, the finance ministry said on Thursday. Federal and state governments’ tax revenue declined to a total of 86.39 billion euros ($96.71…
