By Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss political, security and humanitarian crises in Haiti with Prime Minister Ariel Henry next week, a State Department official said on Friday. Blinken will travel to Guyana and neighboring Trinidad and Tobago on July 5-6, the State Department said….
(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has questioned Goldman Sachs’ role in the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the profits it allegedly made in the process. “Goldman Sachs, serving as both the buyer of SVB-held bonds and the architect of failed efforts to raise capital for the bank, raked in profits and fees…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down race-conscious policies in college admissions includes some subtle warnings to companies about the legal limits of workforce diversity efforts and is likely to fuel challenges to them, experts said. Here are how some of the biggest corporations in the United States fare on diversity, equity and…
(Reuters) – ESPN laid off about 20 of its sports personalities on Friday as the Walt Disney unit seeks to more closely manage costs, a source said. Among those affected by the cuts were long-time NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy, former head coach of the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets, and studio analyst Jalen Rose, a…
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices are about 80% as fast as those from Nvidia Corp, with a future path to matching their performance, according a Friday report by an AI software firm. Nvidia dominates the market for the powerful chips that are used to create ChatGPT and other AI…
By Medha Singh (Reuters) – U.S. airline stocks on Friday were set to record their strongest monthly performance since 2021, helped by easing fuel prices and signs of robust travel demand during the summer season. The rebound in travel spending after the pandemic has held up despite rising inflation and signs of a slowing economy,…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Friday called the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked his plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt disappointing and wrong, and said he would work to find other ways to provide relief to American families. Biden will deliver remarks on the decision at 3:30 pm (1930…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning nearly all abortions in the state, lifting a lower court order that had blocked the law in response to a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. The court, in a 4-1 decision, found that the Indiana constitution does…
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away a dispute involving a transgender woman whose former jailers housed her with men and delayed her hormone treatment in a case that asked whether gender dysphoria is a disability under federal law. The justices rejected an appeal by a…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Joe Biden’s student debt relief would claw back more than $300 billion in costs associated with the program that were recognized last year, marking a major reduction in this year’s deficit – at least on paper. The court ruled 6-3 on…
