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Futures edge higher as debt ceiling talks grind on, Target results eyed
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday as top lawmakers inched closer to a deal to avert a debt default, ahead of Target's quarterly results that will be gauged for any further...
May 17, 2023
Explainer-Abortion pill case goes before conservative appeals court; What’s next?
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Wednesday will hear the Biden administration's bid to overturn a Texas judge's order that, if allowed to take eff...
May 17, 2023
Man convicted of New York bike path attack to be formally sentenced to life
By Luc Cohen and Brendan O'Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge is set on Wednesday to formally mete out a life sentence to the Uzbek man convicted of killing eight people and injuring dozens more ...
May 17, 2023
Analysis-Amgen’s antitrust woes spur wider pharmaceutical deal fears
By David Carnevali NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are scrambling to assess the fallout of a U.S. regulatory challenge against Amgen Inc's proposed $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics Plc...
May 17, 2023
US appeals court to weigh fate of abortion pill
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in New Orleans will hear arguments on Wednesday in a closely watched case brought by anti-abortion activists seeking to ban the abortion pill mif...
May 17, 2023
Nomura, Barclays cut China 2023 GDP forecasts as recovery sputters
BEIJING (Reuters) - Nomura has cut its forecast for China's 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 5.5% from 5.9% previously, after April data showed a post-COVID recovery in the world's second-l...
May 17, 2023
Factbox-The judges who will decide the appeal over the abortion pill
By Brendan Pierson and Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) - All three of the judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that will hear the Biden administration's appeal to keep the abortion pill ...
May 17, 2023
US supply chain woes shift and persist in 2023
By Lisa Baertlein CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. supply chain is healing from early pandemic shocks that sent shipping costs sky rocketing and squeezed supplies of everything from toilet paper to pasta,...
May 17, 2023
EU seeks to simplify customs system, tighten up on e-commerce
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a reform of customs rules for the surge of incoming packages ordered online and to cope with increased environme...
May 17, 2023
AI threatens humanity’s future, 61% of Americans say – Reuters/Ipsos
By Anna Tong (Reuters) - The swift growth of artificial intelligence technology could put the future of humanity at risk, according to most Americans surveyed in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Wedn...
May 17, 2023
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