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European shares run out of steam by close as Bayer, energy stocks weigh
By Ankika Biswas and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -Europe's benchmark STOXX 600 was unchanged on Thursday as a drag by Germany's Bayer and energy stocks offset an earlier rise on hopes of a pause in the F...
May 11, 2023
GSK to sell 240 million shares in spin-off firm Haleon
(Reuters) - British drugmaker GSK announced its intention to sell up to 240 million shares in Haleon on Thursday, which represents 2.5% of the consumer healthcare group's issued share capital. GSK, wh...
May 11, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court justice considering action on Illinois’ assault weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A single justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is now weighing whether to block Illinois' assault weapons ban from being enforced while the case is being heard ...
May 11, 2023
Pritzker reflects on three years of pandemic as disaster declarations are set to end
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker recalls being handed a report from researchers at the University of Illinois. The analysis w...
May 11, 2023
US House Republicans raise ‘deep concern’ on TikTok content decisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chair of a U.S. House of Representatives committee on China's Communist Party and other lawmakers on Thursday raised "deep concern" and sought answers over reports Chinese-o...
May 11, 2023
Pirelli says operating profit rises 9% in Q1, confirms FY forecasts
MILAN (Reuters) - Pirelli said on Thursday its operating profit grew 8.6% in the first quarter, as stronger pricing capacity and product mix, as well as increased efficiency, helped it offset external...
May 11, 2023
EU lawmakers want more talks to strengthen proposed US data transfer pact
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU lawmakers on Thursday urged the European Commission to continue talks to reinforce a proposed data transfer pact with the United States, saying there were still...
May 11, 2023
IMF says US default would have ‘very serious repercussions’ on global economy
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that a U.S. debt default prompted by failure to raise the country's debt ceiling would have "very serious reperc...
May 11, 2023
Revolut CFO departs after two years in the role
By Stefania Spezzati LONDON (Reuters) - Fintech firm Revolut said on that Thursday Chief Financial Officer Mikko Salovaara is leaving the company, after two years in the role. The 31-year-old executiv...
May 11, 2023
Buffett’s Dairy Queen sees Taiwan among possible new markets, while mindful of geopolitics
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway-owned Dairy Queen is exploring options to expand in new markets, perhaps including Taiwan, the company's CEO said, even as geopolitical concerns with...
May 11, 2023
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