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Takeaways from Tuesday’s U.S. primary elections
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The match-ups for some high-profile U.S. congressional and gubernatorial races in November's midterm elections began to take shape in Pennsylvania and North Ca...
May 17, 2022
Trump ally Cawthorn concedes defeat in Republican U.S. House primary in North Carolina
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First-term U.S. congressman Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, an ally of former President Donald Trump who has drawn the ire of fellow Republicans over controversial remarks a...
May 17, 2022
Euro and sterling helped by improved market sentiment
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Overnight surges left the euro and pound sitting pretty in early Asia helped by good U.K. jobs data and a general improvement in investor sentiment on solid U.S. ret...
May 17, 2022
Barclays bumps up stake in Australia’s Barrenjoey Capital
(Reuters) - Britain's Barclays Plc said on Wednesday it had nearly doubled its stake in Barrenjoey Capital Partners to help expand the Australia-based investment banking boutique's business. The move ...
May 17, 2022
Picasso painting sells for $67.5 million at New York auction
By Ben Kellerman NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 1932 Pablo Picasso painting "Femme nue couche" sold for $67.5 million on Tuesday at its auction debut at Sotheby's in New York, the most recent large sale at ...
May 17, 2022
Oil prices climb on hopes of China demand recovery
By Isabel Kua SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel in early Asian trade on Wednesday on hopes of demand recovery in China as the country gradually eases some of its strict COVID...
May 17, 2022
Fetterman wins Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania Senate race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, a progressive who disclosed he had a stroke last week, defeated centrist congressman Conor Lamb in the party's U.S. Senate prima...
May 17, 2022
Buffalo massacre suspect invited people to review his attack plans -NYT
(Reuters) - The 18-year-old man accused of the deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, invited people to a Discord chat room to see his plans around 30 minutes before he carried out the attack, the...
May 17, 2022
Japan’s Q1 GDP shrinks as Ukraine, cost of living cloud outlook
By Daniel Leussink and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy fell for the first time in two quarters in the first three months of the year as COVID-19 curbs hit the service sector and th...
May 17, 2022
Trump-endorsed Ted Budd wins Republican primary for North Carolina’s Senate seat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressman Ted Budd, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, defeated former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory in the Republican primary to succeed retiring U.S. Sena...
May 17, 2022
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