Reuters

By Brendan O’Brien -U.S. high school students will use laptops rather than pencils and paper to take the SAT college admissions exam beginning in 2024, in a move to digitize …

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO -As Japan kicked off annual wage talks on Tuesday, policymakers sought to downplay the chance rising raw material prices could be stoking “bad …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer confidence ebbed slightly in January, with more consumers planning to purchase homes, automobiles and other big- ticket items even as they grew less …

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Oliver Hirt ZURICH – A former top Swiss banker charged with making millions of dollars through fraudulent deals said on Tuesday that a near 200,000 …

By David Morgan WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, a frequent critic of President Joe Biden, said on Tuesday that he is seeing “encouraging” signs from the administration …

WASHINGTON – A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider giving U.S. companies time …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday issued approvals for additional altimeters that allow about 90% of the U.S. commercial aviation fleet to perform …

By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Canadian farmers say they are just days away from running out of feed for cattle, due to severe drought last summer damaging crops needed …

By Tom Sims and Frank Siebelt FRANKFURT – The chief executive of Deutsche Bank’s fund unit DWS, Asoka Woehrmann, has received threatening letters in recent months, including one in December …

– Investors are wary of rushing to scoop up stocks ahead of a highly anticipated Federal Reserve policy decision due on Wednesday, and Monday’s bounce has done little to dispel …

NEW YORK -Morgan Stanley’s Chief Executive James Gorman believes his successor would benefit from global experience as well as strong “core values”, he said in an interview with Reuters Breakingviews. …

LONDON – Global crude steel production gained 3.7% last year to 1.95 billion tonnes, World Steel Association data showed on Tuesday, despite weaker output in top producer China as an …

By Cynthia Kim and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL -North Korea fired two cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, amid rising tension over …

By Aishwarya Nair -3M Co said on Tuesday demand for its N95 respirators had picked up due to a surge in Omicron-related COVID-19 cases, while reporting better-than-expected quarterly profit as …

By Essi Lehto HELSINKI – Finland has enhanced its military readiness as international tensions rise over Russia’s military build-up near Ukraine. Finland, which is not a member of NATO and …

– Nvidia Corp is preparing to abandon its purchase of Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp after offering about $40 billion for the British company in 2020, Bloomberg News reported …

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it voted unanimously to sue to block arms maker Lockheed Martin’s proposed $4.4 billion purchase of rocket engine …

By Tom Hals -The Department of Labor said on Tuesday it will withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine-and-testing requirement for large U.S. employers after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the rule, ending …

-U.S. Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Comcast Corp NBCUniversal executives on Tuesday raising concerns asking “about the level of influence the Chinese Communist Party and the International Olympic Committee …

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO -General Electric Co on Tuesday reported a decline in quarterly revenue amid persistent global supply chain disruptions, sending its shares lower. The Boston-based industrial conglomerate’s …

MOSCOW – Russia said on Tuesday it was watching with great concern after the United States put 8,500 troops on alert to be ready to deploy to Europe in case …

By Manas Mishra and Carl O’Donnell -Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday forecast as much as $3.5 billion in sales of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2022, a 46% jump for the …

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON -The International Monetary Fund lowered its economic forecasts for the United States, China and the global economy on Tuesday, and said uncertainty about …

SEOUL – South Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) plans to spend $2.1 billion with General Motors to build a U.S. electric vehicle (EV) battery plant, parent firm LG Chem said …

By Manya Saini and Noor Zainab Hussain -American Express Co’s quarterly profit beat market estimates as consumers seeking respite from the pandemic swiped its credit card to dine out and …