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Nepal raises retail fuel price, stoking inflation fears
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's state-owned oil company has hiked the retail prices for fuels, including petrol and cooking gas, by up to 12.5% because of rising global oil prices, an of...
May 23, 2022
Citing shootings, NY fund urges votes against Twitter and Meta directors
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is calling for votes against directors at Twitter Inc and at Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc at their upcoming annual meetings,...
May 23, 2022
French government to draft bill on purchasing power before June parliament elections
PARIS (Reuters) - The new French government will draft a bill on how to protect consumers' purchasing power before the start of parliamentary elections in June, government spokeswoman Olivia Gregoire ...
May 23, 2022
Tencent chief causes stir with repost of article on China’s economy
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Pony Ma, the low-profile founder of tech giant Tencent Holdings, created a social media stir over the weekend by reposting an article on China's economy, an unusual breaking of si...
May 23, 2022
JPMorgan cuts China growth forecast to 3.7% from 4.3%
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. investment bank JPMorgan cut its China full-year growth forecast from 4.3% to 3.7% on Monday, saying a deeper-than-expected contraction was now likely this quarter due to the c...
May 23, 2022
Broadcom’s deal history under CEO Hock Tan
(Reuters) - Broadcom is in talks to buy software maker VMWare, according to sources familiar with the matter, a deal that would transform the chipmaker into a diversified tech firm. Buying VMware, whi...
May 23, 2022
Factbox: Seven races to watch in Georgia, Alabama midterm primaries, Texas run-offs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in Georgia and Alabama will pick candidates for the U.S. Congress and other offices in Tuesday primaries testing former President Donald Trump's power over his Republican...
May 23, 2022
For EV maker Rivian, delivery headache hits as market shuts down coffers
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - When Jeff Wells placed a reservation for a Rivian R1T pickup in early 2019, he was one of the first in line for a truck from the Amazon.com Inc-backed electric vehicle start...
May 23, 2022
Explainer: Do claims against Musk raise a legal issue for his companies and Twitter deal?
By Daniel Wiessner and Tom Hals (Reuters) - A report saying Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk's company SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle sexual harassment claims by a flight attendant on a private jet comes as he...
May 23, 2022
Kremlin says West triggered a global food crisis with sanctions
LONDON (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that the West had triggered a global food crisis by imposing the severest sanctions in modern history on Russia over the war in Ukraine. President Vladimi...
May 23, 2022
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