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BEIJING (Reuters) – New home prices in China edged down in June from the previous month, marking a second straight month of declines, and housing sales are likely to remain …

(Reuters) – Walt Disney has been accused of systematically underpaying women in California in a lawsuit that alleges the company’s female employees in the state earned $150 million less than …

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday said Pilgrim’s Pride, Sanderson Farms, Tyson Foods and several other companies must face private antitrust litigation accusing them of conspiring …

By John McCrank and Carolina Mandl (Reuters) -Exchange operator Cboe on Friday refiled an application with the U.S. securities regulator to launch a bitcoin exchange-traded fund by asset manager Fidelity, …

By Sinéad Carew, Sruthi Shankar and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) – Wall Street’s three major indexes advanced solidly on Friday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq boasting its biggest first-half gain in …

By Saeed Azhar, Tatiana Bautzer and Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. banks including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley hiked their third-quarter dividends on Friday …

(Reuters) -Google has hired Brazilian former President Michel Temer to lobby lawmakers considering a proposal to regulate the internet, his adviser said on Friday. The legislative proposal, also known as …

By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s economic slumped 4.2% in April from a year earlier, the country’s official INDEC statistics agency said on Friday, the worst drop since …

By Rodrigo Campos and Jorge Otaola NEW YORK/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that Argentina is current in its payment obligations, after the government said it …

(This June 29 story has been corrected to clarify that the entity involved is not an Alberta government agency in the headline and paragraphs 1 and 2) By Divya Rajagopal …

(Reuters) – Nokia said on Friday it had signed a new long-term patent license agreement with Apple, as the current license between the companies expires at the end of 2023. …

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. stocks rally is cruising into a month that has proven strong in recent years, though equities must navigate employment data and an …

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether workers can bring discrimination lawsuits based on unwanted workplace transfers that were allegedly motivated by …

(Reuters) -Twitter will now require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that owner Elon Musk on Friday called a “temporary emergency …

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. stock market has powered higher in the first half of this year despite numerous obstacles, from banking sector turmoil to recurring doubts …

(Reuters) -U.S. officials are considering to limit the ability of large banks to use Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs) as a financial backstop, as part of a broader proposal to …

By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Friday warned about a new Chinese counterespionage law, saying American and other foreign companies in the country could face penalties from Chinese …

By David Lawder (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that the U.S. economy is on a path to maintain a strong labor market while reducing inflation, even …

By Noel Randewich and Tiyashi Datta (Reuters) -Apple Inc’s stock market value ended a trading session above $3 trillion for the first time on Friday, lifted by signs of improving …

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street closed sharply higher and the dollar softened on Friday as investors closed the books on a solid quarter, with data showing …

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -United Parcel Service delivered a revised contract offer with “significant movement on wages and other economic language,” the union representing roughly 340,000 U.S. drivers, …

(Reuters) -Goldman Sachs is considering exiting its partnership with Apple, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The iPhone-maker and Goldman Sachs started rolling …

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Following the busiest quarter on record, activist investors slowed down in the second three months of 2023 but are expected to mount more …

By Echo Wang and Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A lackluster IPO market is showing signs of life as a flurry of deals in the United States and …

By Helen Coster and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Fox Corp has settled for $12 million a lawsuit by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who had claimed gender discrimination …