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Oilfield services giant SLB beats first-quarter profit estimates
(Reuters) -SLB beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Friday, as elevated crude prices and tight supplies fueled demand for its oilfield services. Global crude prices averaged $81.24 a...
Apr 21, 2023
U.S. vice president to visit Miami, announce $562 million climate investment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris planned to visit Miami on Friday, a White House official said, as she announces a $562 million investment in helping communities become more re...
Apr 21, 2023
Factbox-World’s biggest lithium producers
By Carman Chew SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalise the country's lithium industry and create a state-owned company to produce the metal that is ...
Apr 21, 2023
China’s exports to North Korea rise sharply in March
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's overall exports to North Korea in March rose sharply compared with the same month last year for the second month in a row, with the major export items including rice, Chine...
Apr 21, 2023
Futures flat on mixed earnings, Fed policy uncertainty
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Friday as investors digested a mixed bag of earnings reports, while awaiting more data for clues on the outlook for interest rates and the e...
Apr 21, 2023
Explainer-Tax cuts, balanced budget: What’s not in Republican McCarthy’s debt plan?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy has floated a plan that would pair $4.5 trillion in spending cuts with a $1.5 trillion increase in the U.S. debt ceiling. Hi...
Apr 21, 2023
Fox settlement leaves key question unanswered: What’s Dominion really worth?
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - The eye-popping $787.5 million settlement Fox made to resolve the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit left unanswered one of the biggest questions in the case: was the...
Apr 21, 2023
Kevin Spacey appears remotely in UK court ahead of sex offences trial
LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey appeared by videolink for a brief hearing at a London court on Friday ahead of his trial on sex offence charges in June. Spacey has previously plead...
Apr 21, 2023
As DeSantis stumbles, anti-Trump Republicans fear a rerun in 2024 campaign
By Tim Reid, Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Current and former Republican Party operatives who have spent years trying to banish Donald Trump from American political life say the former ...
Apr 21, 2023
UK economy shows signs of recovery despite inflation’s drag
By Suban Abdulla and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British businesses reported their busiest month in a year and consumers turned more confident, according to surveys published on Friday that ad...
Apr 21, 2023
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