US and World News

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar slid against major currencies on Tuesday, on some expectation that the Federal Reserve will signal a slower pace of tightening …

By Julia Harte (Reuters) -U.S. states have enacted more than 30 new voting restrictions since 2020, from voter ID requirements to limits on mail-in voting, fueling tensions between Republicans and …

(Reuters) – Koppers Holdings Inc agreed to pay a $1.3 million civil fine to resolve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges it failed to disclose material information about financial measures …

By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. soybean futures rose about 2% on Tuesday, buoyed by short-covering as the U.S. harvest winds down, hopes for export sales to China and uncertainty …

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block Senator Lindsey Graham from having to testify before a grand jury in a criminal investigation of …

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday it would buy about three-quarters of the renewable power from SB Energy Global’s Texas facilities, as it aims to operate data centers …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in September, suggesting demand for labor remained strong, tempering financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve would dial back …

By Michael Erman, Leroy Leo and Raghav Mahobe (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it struck a deal to buy heart pump maker Abiomed Inc for $16.6 billion in …

By Ron Bousso and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) – BP more than doubled its third-quarter profit from a year earlier to $8.15 billion and expanded its share buybacks by $2.5 …

By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter operating profit above Wall Street estimates, betting on cost controls and rising demand for its rides as customers …

By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – BHP Group Ltd, the world’s biggest miner by market value, said on Wednesday that inflationary pressures would remain a challenge next year, but that …

(Reuters) -Newmont Corp’s chief executive assured investors that inflationary pressures were abating and should help the gold miner improve performance in the current quarter, after lower gold prices and surging …

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – A little more than a year after a trading controversy rattled the Federal Reserve’s standing in Washington and beyond, new ethics missteps …

(Reuters) -Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk said on Monday he will serve as chief executive of Twitter, the social media company he just bought for $44 billion, a move that …

By Julie Gordon and Anna Mehler Paperny OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada plans to welcome a record 500,000 new permanent residents in 2025 and has boosted its targets over the next two …

By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc on Tuesday raised its forecast for 2022 sales of its COVID-19 vaccine by $2 billion to $34 billion, and said new …

By Shreyashi Sanyal and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) -European shares gained on Tuesday, starting November on an upbeat note amid growing hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve would slow down the …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal government should take action to rein in online media platform TikTok Inc, one of the U.S. FCC’s commissioners said in an interview, Axios reported on …

By Arunima Kumar (Reuters) -Marathon Petroleum and Phillips 66 posted quarterly profits which cruised past Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, becoming the latest U.S. refiners to benefit from robust fuel …

By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Education technology company Chegg Inc agreed to bolster its data protections as part of a consent agreement reached with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), …

By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK(Reuters) -Private equity firm KKR & Co Inc’s after-tax distributable earnings fell 11% in the third quarter from a year earlier on a steep drop in …

By Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) – Elon Musk has championed Tesla Inc’s driver assistance Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” software as innovations that will both improve road safety and position the electric …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese officials are still working to arrange a face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali …