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Getting Griner home the ‘number one priority’ for NBA, WNBA, says Silver
NEW YORK (Reuters) - National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver said getting WNBA player Brittney Griner home was the "number one priority," after a Russian court extended her pre-...
May 17, 2022
Caterpillar eyes energy transition as growth driver for mining business
By Bianca Flowers DALLAS (Reuters) - Construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc believes demand for critical minerals as the clean energy transition gathers pace will translate to solid returns for ...
May 17, 2022
Asian stocks wobble as growth doubts loom
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's stockmarkets struggled to carry recent gains into a fourth straight session on Wednesday and the U.S. dollar steadied, as nagging doubts about inflation a...
May 17, 2022
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
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