Factbox – What’s next after US judge rules in favor of Microsoft-Activision deal?
(Reuters) – Microsoft cleared a major hurdle in its planned $69 billion purchase of videogame maker Activision Blizzard, as a judge gave a thumbs-up to the proposed deal a week before the…
Factbox – Key ECB policymaker comments in run up to June policy meeting
(Reuters) – The following are comments from key European Central Bank policymakers in the run up to the June 15 policy meeting. The ECB has already said that “more ground” needs to…
Factbox: What is ‘Jerusalem Day’ and why is it an Israeli-Palestinian flashpoint?
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli nationalists marking the 1967 capture of East Jerusalem were to march through the Muslim quarter of the Old City on Thursday in an annual parade that Palestinians see…
Factbox: Linda Yaccarino – the advertising executive Musk picked as new Twitter CEO
(Reuters) – Elon Musk has named former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter’s new CEO, as the company tries to reverse a plunge in ad revenue at the social media platform.…
Factbox: Brokerage Robinhood joins trend of around-the-clock stock trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc said on Wednesday after markets closed that it would launch 24/5 trading for some stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) next week, a move that taps…
Factbox: U.S. debt ceiling: A ‘clean’ increase is not the rule
(Reuters) – The U.S. federal government is ticking closer to its “x-date,” when it will no longer be able to pay its bills and risk a default that would shake the world…
Factbox: Red flags galore – Fed officials cited Silicon Valley Bank 31 times
(Reuters) – At the time of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, the number of outstanding safety and soundness warnings from Federal Reserve bank supervisors had mushroomed to three times the average for a…
Factbox: Highlights from US regulators’ reviews of SVB, Signature failures
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp issued detailed reports on Friday on what went wrong and where their supervisors came up short in the run-up to the two…
Factbox: Who is Alexei Navalny and what does he say of Russia, Putin and death?
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost 8 kg in jail and is suffering an illness that could be some sort of slow acting…
Factbox: Swiss female pensioners vs the government: European court’s first climate case
GENEVA (Reuters) – A case involving thousands of retired Swiss women is being heard at a European Court in France, the culmination of a six-year legal battle in which they claim their…
Factbox: The biggest financial crises of the last four decades
(Reuters) – Markets have experienced massive upheaval in the last month, prompted in part by two of the three largest banking failures in U.S. history while Swiss lender Credit Suisse was bought…
Factbox: Steelmaker Celsa puts Spain’s new insolvency law to test
By Jesús Aguado and Chiara Elisei Spain’s largest private industrial group, Celsa, is putting a new insolvency law to the test with creditors and family owners unable to agree on how to…
Factbox: Renault, Nissan detail joint projects to revive alliance
LONDON (Reuters) – Nissan and Renault on Monday unveiled details of their redesigned alliance, with the Japanese car maker committing to buy a stake of up to 15% in Renault’s electric vehicles…
Factbox: Who are candidates to become next BOJ governor?
By Leika Kihara (Reuters) – Japan’s government is intensifying its search for a successor to central bank governor Haruhiko Kuroda, a choice that will affect how soon the Bank of Japan (BOJ)…
Factbox: Key dates to watch out for on BOJ policy, leadership change
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government is intensifying its search for a successor to central bank governor Haruhiko Kuroda, a choice that will affect how soon the Bank of Japan…
Factbox: How long will it take Ukraine to join EU?
(Reuters) – More than a dozen top European Union officials arrive in Kyiv on Thursday, a top-level demonstration of support following new pledges of military aid as the first anniversary of Russia’s…
Factbox: California rampage is the latest mass shooting in the United States
(Reuters) – A rampage at a ballroom dance venue in Monterey Park, California, that killed at least 10 people on Saturday was one of the most deadly mass shootings in the state’s…
Factbox: Key winners at the 2022 American Music Awards
By Danielle Broadway (Reuters) – The 2022 fan-voted American Music Awards were handed out at a ceremony in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, hosted by Wayne Brady. Following is…
Factbox: Mass shootings in the U.S. from Club Q to Pulse nightclub
(Reuters) – A 22-year-old gunman opened fire at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs on Saturday night, killing five people and injuring 18 others before he was stopped by “heroic” patrons at…
Factbox: Companies potentially affected by Italy’s election
(Reuters) – A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a clear majority in the next parliament, exit polls said on Sunday after voting ended…
Factbox: Legal cases against Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
(Reuters) – Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further three years in prison on Friday with hard labour for committing electoral fraud, according to a source familiar…
Factbox: Europe’s travel disruption set to continue as summer ends
(Reuters) – Strikes and staff shortages have forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights to avoid hours-long queues at major airports, dashing hopes for a sizzling first summer following widespread COVID lockdowns…
Factbox – Top-selling flavored disposable e-cigarettes
By Chris Kirkham (Reuters) – The newest generation of e-cigarettes – disposable devices, often in sweet flavors – now accounts for one-third of U.S. e-cigarette retail sales, up from less than 2%…
Factbox: The three major issues bedevilling talks on reviving Iran nuclear deal
(Reuters) – Iran and the United States are struggling to overcome divisions on three major issues in indirect talks on revival of a 2015 nuclear deal while months of negotiations have entered…
Factbox: Government measures to ease inflation pain
(Reuters) – Pandemic-related disruption to global supply chains and the knock-on effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine are combining to push prices of energy, commodities and basic items higher. Below is a…
Factbox: U.S. Congress poised to pass long-awaited China semiconductor bill
By Patricia Zengerle and David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives plans to give final passage on Thursday to sweeping legislation to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry as it competes…
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