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Families of US detainees urge Biden to do more to deter hostage-taking
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. citizen Jose Pereira, who was "wrongfully detained" in Venezuela exactly one year ago, stood meters away from the White House on Wednesday and pleaded with...
May 03, 2023
J&J’s Kenvue prices IPO within range to raise $3.7 billion – source
By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday priced the initial public offering (IPO) of its consumer-health business at the upper end of its target range to raise $3.66 billion, p...
May 03, 2023
Marathon Oil beats first-quarter profit estimate
(Reuters) - Marathon Oil Corp on Wednesday topped first-quarter profit estimate, as crude prices traded at elevated levels amid tight supplies and higher demand and increased production. U.S. WTI crud...
May 03, 2023
PacWest is weighing strategic options, including possible sale – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - PacWest Bancorp has been weighing a range of strategic options, including a sale, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Jahnavi Nidumo...
May 03, 2023
Option Care to buy homecare service provider Amedisys in $3.6 billion deal
(Reuters) -Homecare services provider Option Care Health Inc said on Wednesday it is acquiring Amedisys Inc in an all-stock deal valued at $3.6 billion, including debt. The deal values Amedisys at $97...
May 03, 2023
Joby Aviation to get investment from Tesla shareholder Baillie Gifford
(Reuters) - British investment management firm Baillie Gifford will invest $180 million in electric aircraft maker Joby Aviation, they said on Wednesday. This comes days after Joby clinched a $55 mill...
May 03, 2023
Ex-OpenSea manager convicted in NFT insider trading case
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former product manager at OpenSea, the world's largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), was convicted on Wednesday of fraud and money laundering for usin...
May 03, 2023
Albemarle’s quarterly profit jumps, but annual forecast cut
(Reuters) - Lithium producer Albemarle Corp posted a more-than fourfold jump in quarterly profit on Wednesday but cut its annual forecast, citing softening prices for the metal used to make electric v...
May 03, 2023
Man indicted for pizza store robbery
PEORIA, Ill. – The man accused of holding up a pizza restaurant last month has been charged by a Peoria County grand jury. The grand jury this week charged Keith Clark, 29, with a count of Aggra...
May 03, 2023
US criminal justice alliance seeks to erase ‘trial penalty’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 24 U.S. civil rights and criminal justice groups and advocates on Wednesday launched a coalition aimed at reforming sentencing so people convicted a...
May 03, 2023
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