Oil falls 1% after Fed rate hike, smaller-than-expected US crude stockdraw
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil prices fell about 1% on Wednesday, after data showed U.S. crude inventories fell…
Bank of Canada discussed delaying rate hike at last meeting -minutes
By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Bank of Canada discussed delaying a hike to its key overnight…
Factbox-U.S. state abortion legislation to watch in 2023
By Gabriella Borter and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – State legislatures are wrestling with how much to restrict or expand abortion…
U.S. seeks detention of FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried pending trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday asked a judge to order Sam Bankman-Fried to be…
NATO says it’s boosting Black Sea surveillance, condemns Russian grain deal exit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO said on Wednesday it was stepping up surveillance of the Black Sea region as it condemned Russia’s…
Hunter Biden judge says can’t accept plea deal in surprise turn
By Jack Queen WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden’s proposed deal with prosecutors to plead guilty…
Democratic US lawmakers propose banning legacy admissions
By Julia Harte (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday they were reintroducing a bill to ban higher education…
CBO revises U.S. 2023 growth forecast higher amid strong first-half labor market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Congressional Budget Office revised its 2023 U.S. economic growth forecast substantially upward on Wednesday to 0.9%…
UPS labor deal could pressure delivery firm’s annual outlook, say analysts
By Aishwarya Nair (Reuters) – A tentative labor deal reached between United Parcel Service and the Teamsters union on Tuesday,…
Exclusive-UK probes Novo’s Ozempic, weight-loss drug Saxenda over suicidal, self-harming thoughts
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is reviewing a class of drugs used in a diabetes medicine and a…