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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon and robot vacuum maker iRobot said Monday they would end their plans to merge in the face of opposition from EU and U.S. antitrust …

By Lananh Nguyen and Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Jim Esposito, co-head of Goldman Sachs’ global banking and markets division, plans to retire after almost three decades at the bank, the latest …

By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell more than a dollar a barrel on Monday as China’s ailing property sector sparked demand worries, causing traders to reassess the …

By Noe Torres MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Grupo Financiero Banorte, one of Mexico’s largest financial companies, on Monday launched bineo, a digital bank which will offer savings accounts and personal …

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department should do more to ensure that major tech firms, including Meta Platforms and Alphabet, comply with sanctions against foreign firms …

By Karen Brettell and Samuel Indyk NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar gained against the euro on Monday as investors prepared for the prospect that the Federal Reserve could push back …

(This Jan. 26 story has been corrected to fix the spelling of John McKivison’s name in paragraphs 2, 3 and 7) By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Bayer was ordered on …

(This Jan. 25 story has been corrected to fix the crater name to Jezero, not Jerezo, in paragraphs 6 and 8) By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – …

By Gilles Guillaume and Charlotte Van Campenhout PARIS (Reuters) -Renault on Monday ditched plans to list its electric vehicle business Ampere because of sluggish stock market conditions. In September, Luca …

(This Jan. 26 story has been corrected to fix the crater name to Jezero, not Jerezo, in paragraphs 1, 6 and 7) By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – NASA’s …

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments in 2023 rose 16% to a record $238 billion, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, as …

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has told the European Commission that it was impossible to conclude trade deal negotiations with South America’s Mercosur bloc and understands the EU …

By Michael Erman (Reuters) -Pharmaceutical companies are due to receive by Thursday the U.S. government’s opening proposal for what are expected to be significant discounts on 10 of its high-cost …

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wayne LaPierre, the longtime chief of the National Rifle Association, defended himself at a corruption trial on Monday, saying New York’s attorney general should …

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s military said on Monday it will keep pressure on the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, which for weeks has been the focus …

By Sheila Dang AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Despite the buzz over generative artificial intelligence last year, the technology’s impact on the advertising business of Alphabet and Meta Platforms is likely …

By Tim Hepher DUBLIN (Reuters) – The head of the world’s largest aircraft lessor AerCap dismissed calls for leadership changes at Boeing and said the planemaker is under no illusion …

(Reuters) – Czech policymakers could consider accelerating the pace of interest rate cuts as inflation ebbs to “relatively standard” levels, Czech National Bank (CNB) board member Tomas Holub said in …

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – A strong economic outlook is helping U.S. stocks weather a rise in Treasury yields, though that could change if factors such as tighter …

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization will likely cut its estimates for goods trade growth for 2023 and 2024 due to a less buoyant global economy …

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank expects inflation to rise, Chairman Thomas Jordan said in an interview to be broadcast later on Monday. The SNB has been broadly successful …

BERLIN (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank’s chief executive on Monday warned about the threat of right-wing extremism in the lender’s home market, saying the rise of the nationalist Alternative for Germany …

(This Jan. 23 story has been refiled to correct name to Diane, not Diana, in paragraph 29) (Reuters) – Stock markets in China and Hong Kong have slumped to multi-year …

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bond investors are expecting the Federal Reserve to drop its bias toward hiking interest rates at a policy meeting this week to prepare …