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Republican infighting returns US House speaker race to square one
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans were struggling to restart their effort to pick a new leader for the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday after party infighting led nominee Steve...
Oct 13, 2023
UnitedHealth beats quarterly profit estimates on easing medical costs
(Reuters) -UnitedHealth reported a third-quarter profit on Friday that beat analysts' estimates, helped by lower-than-expected medical costs for the healthcare conglomerate. The company posted an adju...
Oct 13, 2023
Italy Finance Minister says great concern among G7/G20 countries for Middle East crisis
MARRAKECH (Reuters) - There is great concern among the world's major economies about the fallout from the crisis in the Middle East after last week's attack on Israel, Italy's economy minister said on...
Oct 13, 2023
IMF: Sri Lanka can discuss proposals from private creditors including GDP-linked bonds
MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's authorities can negotiate any proposals private creditors make, such as issuing GDP-linked bonds, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Frida...
Oct 13, 2023
Waning demand for IT services hits hiring at Indian tech majors
By Sethuraman N R BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's top IT service providers are going slow on hiring as clients cut back spending and defer projects due to macroeconomic challenges, in a U-turn from the ...
Oct 13, 2023
Futures edge lower ahead of big bank earnings
(Reuters) - Futures tracking Wall Street's main stock indexes edged lower on Friday as investors looked ahead to earnings reports from big U.S. banks, while Treasury yields eased after a spike in the ...
Oct 13, 2023
BofA: Investors sell stocks, buy bonds in latest week; shun emerging markets
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors sold stocks and bought bonds in the week to Wednesday, Bank of America Global Research said in a note on Friday, while investors continued to shun emerging market assets. ...
Oct 13, 2023
Meta takes steps to remove Hamas-related disinformation
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Meta said on Friday it was taking steps including removing praise and substantive support for Hamas from its platforms after the European Union reprimanded ...
Oct 13, 2023
JD.com shares hit record low, banks cut Q3 growth target on retail slowdown
BEIJING (Reuters) - Shares in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com fell as much as 13% to a record low on Friday after several banks and brokers cut price targets and revenue growth forecasts for the firm,...
Oct 13, 2023
UK watchdog fines Equifax $13.4 million for role in cyber breach
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's financial watchdog said on Friday it had fined consumer credit rater Equifax Ltd 11 million pounds ($13.4 million) for its role in "one of the largest" cyber-security breac...
Oct 13, 2023
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