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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s industrial output rose in December, government data showed on Wednesday, lifted by machinery production although a safety scandal at Toyota’s small-car unit threatened to weigh heavily on …

By Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -Starbucks cut its annual sales forecast on Tuesday as the Israel-Hamas war hurt its Middle East business, while warning that softer demand in January and …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States said on Tuesday that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees needs to make “fundamental changes” before Washington will resume funding that …

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s prudential regulator said on Wednesday it will review how sections of the A$2.5 trillion ($1.7 trillion) pension fund sector value unlisted assets and …

By Raneen Sawafta, Fadi Shana and Nidal al-Mughrabi WEST BANK/GAZA/DOHA (Reuters) -Hamas said on Tuesday it had received and was studying a new proposal for a ceasefire and release of …

By Jeffrey Dastin and Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Alphabet disappointed Wall Street on Tuesday as holiday-season advertising sales came in below expectations and the company said its spending on items such …

By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) – An Australian court on Tuesday heard closing arguments in a class action lawsuit alleging that a weedkiller produced by Bayer caused cancer, the first …

By Peter Frontini SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian planemaker Embraer reported on Tuesday deliveries of 75 jets in the fourth quarter, making both its executive and commercial jets slightly miss the …

By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A court in Pakistan jailed Imran Khan for 10 years on Tuesday for leaking state secrets, the harshest sentence the popular …

By Max A. Cherney and Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) – Chipmaker AMD on Tuesday boosted its 2024 forecast for its artificial intelligence (AI) processors by $1.5 billion. Investors wanted more. AMD’s …

By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – AI-related companies lost $190 billion in stock market value late on Tuesday after Microsoft, Alphabet and Advanced Micro Devices delivered quarterly results that failed to …

By Raneen Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli commandos disguised as medical workers and Muslim women burst into a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and killed …

LONDON (Reuters) – British businesses started 2024 with their confidence at the highest level in nearly two years but their plans for more staffing are not translating into accelerating wage …

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chita Rivera, the musical theater legend and multiple Tony winner who created the role of Puerto Rican firebrand Anita on Broadway in “West …

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -The tech-heavy Nasdaq lost ground on Tuesday as the market awaited a spate of high profile corporate earnings and the Federal Reserve convened for …

By Trevor Hunnicutt MIAMI (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Tuesday to raise funds for his 2024 reelection bid on the home turf of his likely opponent, …

By Stephen Nellis, Yuvraj Malik and Anna Tong (Reuters) -Microsoft beat market estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday, as new artificial-intelligence features helped attract customers to its Azure …

By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) – Ryanair will take as many Boeing MAX 10 aircraft as it can get, the airline’s CEO told Reuters on Tuesday, reiterating his confidence in …

By Savyata Mishra (Reuters) -Mondelez International posted a rise in fourth-quarter sales on Tuesday, but price hikes took a toll on volumes as it squeezed demand for the Cadbury parent’s …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rescheduled a Wednesday public meeting at which officials were due to vote on proposed new rules requiring more traders in U.S. …

By David Shepardson and Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors said Tuesday it is cutting spending by about $1 billion on troubled robotaxi unit Cruise in 2024, but said it …