Ternium posts 77% quarterly income boost as steel shipments jump
By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez (Reuters) – Steelmaker Ternium reported on Tuesday a third-quarter adjusted net income of $271 million, up more than 77% from the $153 …
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Australia LNG workers vote in support for Chevron deal
(Reuters) – An Australian union alliance’s members voted in support to endorse deals on pay and conditions at Chevron’s two liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities …
Chevron-Hess deal may lift Bakken oil output, but no return to boom days
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chevron’s deal announced last week to buy Hess, one of the largest operators in the Bakken shale play …
Merck quarterly profit tops expectations on COVID pill surprise
By Michael Erman (Reuters) -Merck & Co on Thursday reported higher-than-expected results in the third quarter on surprisingly strong demand for its COVID-19 treatment, primarily …
China’s Huawei sells 1.6 million Mate 60 series handsets in six weeks – research firm
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – (This Oct. 19 story has been corrected to say ‘1.6 mln Mate 60 series sold’, not just ‘Mate 60 Pro handsets’ …
Analysis-Anti-obesity drugs can be boost for food makers, investors say
By Richa Naidu and David Randall LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The growth in demand for appetite suppressing anti-obesity drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy presents opportunities …
US chip curbs give Huawei a chance to fill the Nvidia void in China
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -U.S. measures to limit the export of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China may create an opening for …
Prospects dim for US-EU summit deals on trade, with focus on Mideast, Ukraine
By Andrea Shalal and Philip Blenkinsop WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Prospects dimmed on Thursday for agreements ending long-running disputes between the United States and European Union over …
Pennsylvania Woman Sentenced on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON – A Pennsylvania woman was sentenced today on nine total felony and misdemeanor charges for her actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol …
Behind Detroit’s battery fight: Profits, UAW’s power and Tesla
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three automakers are stuck in a standoff over wages and union representation at …
Union Pacific seeks to rework some contracts; flags hit from UAW strike
By Ananta Agarwal and Amna Karimi (Reuters) -Union Pacific is re-negotiating some contracts to account for inflationary pressures, the railroad operator said on Thursday, and …
Chinese chip equipment makers grab market share as U.S. tightens curbs
By Fanny Potkin and Yelin Mo SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) -As the U.S. tightens its restrictions on China’s semiconductor industry, Chinese manufacturers of tools used to make …
Biden cuts China off from more Nvidia chips, expands curbs to other countries
By Alexandra Alper, Karen Freifeld and Stephen Nellis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration plans to halt shipments to China of more advanced artificial intelligence chips …
Thermo Fisher Scientific to buy Olink in $3.1 billion deal
(Reuters) -Thermo Fisher Scientific would acquire Olink Holding AB in a deal valued at $3.1 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, as the U.S. medical …
Pfizer slashes revenue forecast on lower COVID sales, will cut costs
By Michael Erman (Reuters) -Pfizer on Friday slashed its full-year revenue forecast by 13% and said it will cut $3.5 billion worth of jobs and …
Kaiser Permanente, union coalition reach tentative deal after strike
By Leroy Leo and Manas Mishra (Reuters) -A union coalition for Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers reached a tentative labor deal with the hospital system on …
Founding Isley Brothers band member, Rudolph Isley, has died
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Rudolph Isley, singer, songwriter and founding member of the influential rhythm and blues band the Isley Brothers, whose hits included …
Toyota, Idemitsu tie up to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota and oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan announced a tie up on Thursday to develop and mass produce all-solid-state batteries, in …
NATO assures Zelenskiy of support even as world’s eyes turn to Mideast
By Andrew Gray and Idrees Ali BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO members assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday that they would sustain military aid to his …
Blood tests needed for widespread Alzheimer’s diagnosis on the way
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – Blood tests for Alzheimer’s are needed to more widely diagnose the brain-wasting disease and understand its prevalence, but it will …
Hyundai Motor to make BAIC’s ARCFOX electric cars in Beijing – report
SEOUL (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor has decided to produce Beijing Automotive Group Co’s EV brand ARCFOX cars at its plant in Beijing in a bid …
Australian journalist Cheng Lei back home after China release
By Kirsty Needham and Yew Lun Tian SYDNEY/Beijing (Reuters) -Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who had been detained in China on national security charges for more …
Down syndrome families’ fight for access to Alzheimer’s trials, treatments
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – When Lianor da Cunha Hillerstrom of Lexington, Massachusetts, learned her now 9-year-old son Oskar had Down syndrome, she was …
Qatar in talks with Hamas, Israel to swap Israeli hostages for Palestinians in Israeli jails
By Andrew Mills and Nidal al-Mughrabi DOHA/GAZA (Reuters) – Qatari mediators have held urgent calls to try to negotiate freedom for Israeli women and children …
Weight-loss drugs fuel boom for firms that fill syringes
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – Contract drug manufacturers seeking to tap into the booming market for weight-loss drugs are investing billions of dollars to …
New COVID shots still hard to find for some Americans
By Michael Erman and Ahmed Aboulenein NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans have started rolling up their sleeves for the latest version of the COVID-19 vaccine, …
Analysis-In striking Israel, Hamas also took aim at Middle East security realignment
By Samia Nakhoul, Nidal al-Mughrabi, Matt Spetalnick and Laila Bassam DUBAI/GAZA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Islamist group Hamas launched a spectacular attack against Israel, it also …
Dengue will ‘take off’ in southern Europe, US, Africa this decade, WHO scientist says
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa …
Emerging economies face China and rate pressures as IMF, World Bank meet
By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rachel Savage LONDON (Reuters) -Emerging economies are facing headwinds from all sides, with a recent selloff in U.S. Treasuries and …
Norway’s Jon Fosse gets Nobel literature prize for giving ‘voice to the unsayable’
By Simon Johnson and Terje Solsvik STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for …
US FDA authorizes Novavax’s updated COVID shot, shares rise
By Sriparna Roy and Michael Erman (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it authorized an updated version of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine …
US plans shift of Merck COVID treatment to commercial market
By Michael Erman (Reuters) – The U.S. government will stop distributing free doses of Merck & Co’s COVID-19 antiviral treatment molnupiravir by the middle of …
Japanese yen jumps after US dollar breaches key 150 level
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – The yen bounced against the dollar on Tuesday after the greeenback rose above a key …
Hungarian and US scientists win Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine discoveries
By Ludwig Burger, Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making …
Drugmakers sign on to negotiate Medicare prices under protest
By Michael Erman and Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) – All the drugmakers that make the 10 prescription medicines subject to the first-ever price negotiations for the …
Taiwan investigating accusation submarine program details leaked
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan prosecutors said on Monday they are investigating accusations that people tried to interfere in the island’s submarine program and that details …
In taking Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s president avenged his father
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -Early on September 19, Azerbaijan’s president set in motion a lightning-fast military plan months in the making that would redraw the …
In taking Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s president avenged his father
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Early on September 19, Azerbaijan’s president set in motion a lightning-fast military plan months in the making that would redraw …
Taiwan reveals first domestically made submarine in defence milestone
By Carlos Garcia, Walid Berrazeg and Sarah Wu KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) -Taiwan unveiled its first domestically developed submarine on Thursday, a major step in a …
US soldier Travis King heads home after North Korea expels him
By Phil Stewart, Trevor Hunnicutt and Hyonhee Shin WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – Private Travis King, the U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea in July, is …
Ukrainian troops repel Russian attacks on eastern front -officials
(Reuters) – Ukrainian troops held off determined attacks on Wednesday by Russian forces trying to regain lost positions on the eastern front, military officials said, …
Newer antibiotic effective against deadly staph infection in trial
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – An antibiotic already in use in Europe to treat pneumonia controlled deadly bloodstream infections with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria just as …
Marketmind: Bond crush stifles markets as $134 billion hits
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Mike Dolan A renewed surge in long-term Treasury yields is stifling world markets …
Taiwan expects to deploy two new submarines by 2027 -security adviser
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan hopes to deploy at least two new, domestically developed submarines by 2027, and possibly equip later models with …
French centre-right keeps control of Senate, far-right wins 3 seats
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s centre-right Les Republicains (LR) party maintained its majority in the Senate after Sunday’s vote, in which three senators from Marine Le …
Explainer-Why Kosovo’s stand-off with Serbs goes on 15 years after statehood
(Reuters) – The storming of a north Kosovo monastery has thrown attention on persistent trouble in the ethnic Serbian-majority region 15 years after Pristina declared …
Explainer-What you need to know about RSV and the new vaccines
By Michael Erman (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday recommended Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for women in …
‘I Won’t Be Supporting Any CR’: Spending Fight Divides Montana’s GOP Congressmen
‘I Won’t Be Supporting Any CR’: Spending Fight Divides Montana’s GOP Congressmen Mary Lou Masters on September 21, 2023 A government shutdown is looming on …
‘Not a single round’: Slovak election could see Kyiv lose staunch ally
By Jan Lopatka and Radovan Stoklasa BANOVCE NAD BEBRAVOU, Slovakia (Reuters) – “We are a peaceful country. We will not send a single round to …
McCarthy says US House Republicans to vote on defense spending bill Thursday
By David Morgan (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Republicans will try again to move forward on fiscal 2024 spending legislation on …