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By Granth Vanaik and Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -Cruise operator Carnival said on Wednesday it will probably not be sailing through the Red Sea region for the rest of this year and early next year given persistent hostilities across the key shipping route. Even though 2024 is expected to be a record year for cruise travel,…
By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell for the second consecutive session on Wednesday as the dollar strengthened and government data showed a surprise jump in U.S. crude and gasoline stocks. Brent crude futures for May shed 16 cents, or 0.2%, to settle at $86.09 a barrel while the more actively traded June…
By Foo Yun Chee and Inti Landauro BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Amazon on Wednesday lost its fight to suspend a requirement regarding its online advertising under EU tech rules after Europe’s top court backed EU regulators, saying EU interests outweigh the U.S. online retailer’s material interests. Under the Digital Services Act (DSA) which kicked in last year,…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Visa and Mastercard reached an estimated $30 billion settlement to limit credit and debit card fees for merchants, with some savings likely to be passed on to consumers through lower prices. The antitrust settlement announced on Tuesday is one of the largest in U.S. history, and if it receives…
By David Shepardson and Allison Lampert (Reuters) – Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by year-end in a broad management shakeup brought on by the planemaker’s sprawling safety crisis exacerbated by a January mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX plane. In addition, board chair Larry Kellner and Stan Deal, head of the company’s…
(Reuters) – Boeing’s David Calhoun will step down as CEO at the end of 2024, capping four turbulent years at the helm as the iconic planemaker seeks to address a spiraling safety crisis following a mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX plane in January. Calhoun, previously Boeing’s chairman, was tasked with steering the aerospace…
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Apple has been hit with a flurry of new consumer lawsuits accusing the iPhone maker of monopolizing the smartphone market, piggybacking on a sweeping antitrust case lodged by the U.S. Justice Department and 15 states last week. At least three proposed class actions have been filed since Friday in California…
(Reuters) -Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down by the end of the year, following the planemaker’s ongoing safety crisis with its 737 MAX jets that was exacerbated by a January mid-air panel blowout. U.S. regulators briefly grounded certain planes for safety checks following the blowout, a move less severe than the grounding of all…
(Reuters) – Oppenheimer Asset Management on Monday became the most bullish among global brokerages in its year-end target forecast for the benchmark S&P 500, citing resilient economic data and effective monetary policy. It lifted its target for the index to 5,500 from 5,200 and also raised its annual S&P 500 earnings-per-share forecast to $250 from…
By Foo Yun Chee and Supantha Mukherjee BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Big Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down on alleged anti-competitive practices that could result in break-up orders to Apple and Alphabet’s Google, a first for the industry. That in turn could inspire watchdogs…
