By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) bid to temporarily block Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard must clear some key hurdles to succeed, legal experts said. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the largest-ever gaming industry deal, rejecting…
(Refiles to replace ‘attorney generals’ with ‘attorneys general’ throughout) By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A group of Republican U.S. state attorneys general on Thursday warned the country’s largest companies that certain workforce diversity policies could be illegal in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision effectively striking down affirmative action in higher education. The 13 officials…
(Reuters) – State Street Corp on Friday beat profit estimates for the second quarter as the bank’s interest income benefited from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy tightening and assets under management rose amid a recovery in the equity markets. The Fed, in line with the major central banks, has hiked lending rates rapidly to curb…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD Co LTD forecast strong growth in its six-month net profit on Friday, buoyed by robust car sales and increased market share. Net profit for the first six months of the year would rise as much as 225.4% to 11.7 billion yuan ($1.64 billion) from 3.6 billion…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he is in agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin that a deal allowing the Black Sea export of Ukraine grain should be extended. Speaking to reporters, Erdogan said that the deal will hopefully be extended from its current July 17 deadline as results of…
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian labor union has accused JBS SA of submitting dozens of workers to “degrading conditions,” according to a class action suit filed against the world’s biggest meatpacker and its suppliers this week. The union filed the claim on behalf of at least 76 people, including members of…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Mazda Motor needs to overhaul its strategy in China, the world’s biggest auto market, where it faces increasingly tough competition from domestic players, the automaker’s chief executive said on Friday. CEO Masahiro Moro said business conditions for Mazda in China, where it has a joint venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile and China…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Several workers at Tesla’s Shanghai plant, its biggest manufacturing hub globally by output, said they had been awarded a large increase in their latest quarterly performance bonuses. The workers said they welcomed the award after the U.S. electric automaker had cut bonuses for many staff in the previous quarter. Discontent at the…
LONDON (Reuters) – Investors piled into bonds and stocks while shedding cash in the week to Wednesday, according to a report on Friday from Bank of America (BofA) Global Research. The report said this reflected the “end of inflation, end of war, end of U.S. dollar bull” following data this week that showed the U.S….
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Flush with hope that impressive disinflation will allow the Federal Reserve to end its rate-hike campaign this month, world markets now navigate a second-quarter corporate earnings season which the big U.S. banks kick off in earnest on Friday. JPMorgan, Citigroup, Wells…
