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Biden says he, McCarthy had productive talks on debt ceiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he has had several productive conversations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in their standoff over the federal government's debt ceiling, adding ...
May 25, 2023
US Treasury debt announcement signals to some June 1 is not ‘X-date’
(Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Thursday proceeded with announcing a pair of T-bill auctions for early next week that some market participants see as an indication that the debt ceiling's so-called "...
May 25, 2023
Mexican president urges Latino voters to reject DeSantis after campaign launch
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday urged Latino voters not to back Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the next U.S. presidential election, accusing the Rep...
May 25, 2023
Factbox-What is Volt Typhoon, the alleged China-backed hacking group?
By Raphael Satter and James Pearson (Reuters) - Its name is redolent of an exotic electrical storm. But is the freshly christened hacking group "Volt Typhoon" an imminent danger to American infrastruc...
May 25, 2023
Icahn wins one board seat at Illumina
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn secured enough votes at Illumina Inc's annual meeting of shareholders on Thursday to install his nominee Andrew Teno to the company's board of directo...
May 25, 2023
Explainer-Why are Nvidia’s shares soaring and what is its role in the AI boom?
(Reuters) - Nvidia Corp closed in on a trillion-dollar market value on Thursday as shares surged 25% following a bumper earnings report that forced Wall Street to reassess the potential windfall for t...
May 25, 2023
Semiconductor index surges with Nvidia leading race to AI “gold rush”
By Sinad Carew and Stephen Nellis NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Philadelphia semiconductor index hit its highest level in more than a year on Friday and eyed its biggest one-day percentage ga...
May 25, 2023
US debt default would impact military readiness, morale: top US general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A debt default would deal significant, unambiguous damage to US national security, negatively impacting military readiness, morale and its capabilities, the top US general told ...
May 25, 2023
Park district holds off decision on Columbus statue
PEORIA, Ill. – The future of Peoria’s Christopher Columbus statue is not fully known, but it may not be seen in the River City again. The park district voted to remove the statue in the fa...
May 25, 2023
Canada to launch probe into OpenAI over privacy concerns
(Reuters) - Canadian privacy regulators are launching a joint investigation into ChatGPT-parent OpenAI's data collection and usage, becoming the latest major government to take a closer look at the re...
May 25, 2023
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