by iwd | May 24, 2024 | General
(Reuters) – Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman will support Donald Trump as the former president looks to return to the White House, Axios reported on Friday. Schwarzman, one of the biggest political donors on Wall Street, plans to donate to Trump and various...
by iwd | May 24, 2024 | Business
By Fanny PotkinSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Nvidia’s most advanced AI chip it developed for the China market has got off to a weak start, with abundant supply forcing it to be priced below a rival chip from Chinese tech giant Huawei, according to sources familiar...
by iwd | May 24, 2024 | General
By Sarah N. Lynch, David Shepardson and Mike ScarcellaWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department and a group of 30 states and the District of Columbia Thursday sued to break up Live Nation, arguing the big concert promoter and its Ticketmaster unit illegally...
by iwd | May 24, 2024 | General
By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew OsbornMOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognises the current battlefield lines, four Russian sources told Reuters, saying he is...
by iwd | May 24, 2024 | General
By Jody Godoy(Reuters) – Exiled Chinese businessman Miles Guo’s fraud trial is expected to kick off on Friday in Manhattan with an opening statement from prosecutors, who say he conned investors and customers out of more than $1 billion through a...
by iwd | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Ankika Biswas and Lisa Pauline Mattackal(Reuters) – The tech-heavy Nasdaq and the benchmark S&P 500 opened at record highs on Thursday as chip stocks rallied after Nvidia’s upbeat revenue forecast, but persistent worries about U.S. inflation kept...
by iwd | May 23, 2024 | Business
By Milana Vinn(Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet’s potential acquisition of HubSpot, a U.S. marketing software maker with a market value of $31 billion, would boost its ability to compete against Microsoft in offering cloud-based applications to...
by iwd | May 23, 2024 | Business
(Reuters) -Health tech firm Medtronic beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday, as a pickup in surgical volumes at hospitals lifted demand for its medical devices.Investor expectations around the financial performance of medical devices...
by iwd | May 23, 2024 | General
By David Shepardson(Reuters) – A Louisiana political consultant was indicted over a fake robocall imitating U.S. President Joe Biden seeking to dissuade people from voting for him in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary election, the New Hampshire Attorney...
by iwd | May 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. existing home sales unexpectedly fell in April as higher mortgage rates and house prices weighed on demand, dealing another setback to the housing market.Home sales slipped 1.9% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.14...
