Starboard's Smith pushes for News Corp break-up
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Activist hedge fund Starboard Value's CEO Jeff Smith said on Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch's
2023-10-17 23:58
Rite Aid's bankruptcy plan stirs worries of new 'pharmacy deserts'
Rite Aid’s plan to close more stores as part of its bankruptcy process raises concern about how that might hurt access to medicine and care
2023-10-17 23:57
Putin meets Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán in first meeting with EU leader since invasion of Ukraine
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has held talks with Vladimir Putin, becoming the first leader of a European Union nation to meet in person with the Russian president since the beginning of the war in Ukraine
2023-10-17 23:20
Bank of America profits jump 10% but warns of slowing spending by Americans
Bank of America posted a 10% rise in third quarter profits, helped by higher interest rates that allowed the bank to charge more for loans while keeping the bank’s expenses under control
2023-10-17 22:54
Stock market today: Wall Street opens lower as interest rate worries resurface
Wall Street is slipping following the latest signal the U.S. economy may still be too strong for the Federal Reserve’s liking
2023-10-17 21:54
Retail sales rise solid 0.7% in September, reflecting US shoppers' resilience despite higher prices
Americans showed their steadfast resilience and kept spending in September even as they grappled with higher prices, interest rates and a host of other headwinds piling up
2023-10-17 21:29
Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained at a protest to disrupt oil executives' forum
Greta Thunberg has been detained by British police alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to disrupt a meeting of oil and gas company executives
2023-10-17 21:22
Poland's ruling conservatives lose majority in parliament to centrist coalition, final count shows
A complete ballot count confirms that three coalition parties that vowed to restore democratic standards in Poland together won over 54% of the votes in the nation’s weekend election
2023-10-17 16:15
Here are the key leaders joining the Belt and Road forum and their wish lists to Beijing
China is hosting its third international forum centered around President Xi Jinping’s signature policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, which over the past 10 years has built infrastructure across continents, burdening some smaller countries with debt
2023-10-17 14:51
Electrical grids aren't keeping up with the green energy push. That could risk climate goals
Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines aren't added or refurbished in the next few years
2023-10-17 13:22
Donald Trump is returning to his civil fraud trial, but star witness Michael Cohen won't be there
Former President Donald Trump is returning to the Manhattan civil fraud trial that threatens to upend his real estate empire, but he won’t be seeing his former lawyer-turned-foe Michael Cohen on the witness stand — at least not yet
2023-10-17 12:56
Donald Trump is going back to court. Here’s what he's missed since his last visit to NYC fraud trial
Donald Trump will be back in court Tuesday for his New York civil fraud trial, but a face-to-face showdown with former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen will have to wait
2023-10-17 05:46