Reporters in Georgetown, Kentucky, asked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday about House Republicans rushing to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her leadership position due to her clashes with former President Donald Trump about the validity of the 2020 election. McConnell sidestepped the question. “One hundred percent of my focus is on…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen at its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann By Shariq Khan and Matt Scuffham (Reuters) – Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN) Group AG has told customers in recent months it will no longer execute transactions in shares of cannabis companies with…
7 May, 2021 08:00 CET ArcelorMittal (the ‘Company’) announces the publication of the convening notice for its Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (the ‘General Meetings’), which will be held on Tuesday 8 June 2021 at 13.30 CET. In view of the Covid-19 outbreak, and related limitations on travel and gatherings, ArcelorMittal…
Topline Former President Donald Trump on Monday announced he’ll begin to use the term “the big lie” – commonly used by his critics to describe his baseless election fraud claims – to refer to the 2020 election results, a sign he has no plans to tone down his rhetoric as one social media platform adjudicates his suspension.…
10/10 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves 2/10 By Jeffrey Dastin and Akanksha Rana (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc posted record profits from pandemic shopping and indicated sales would keep growing even as customers emerged from their homes in the reopening U.S. economy. Since the start…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The remains of a Tesla vehicle are seen after it crashed in The Woodlands, Texas By Hyunjoo Jin and David Shepardson (Reuters) -The U.S. transport safety board is working to publish as soon as possible a preliminary report on a recent Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) vehicle crash in Texas in which local police…
The main challenge to raising production of COVID-19 vaccines is how to quickly and effectively transfer technology, Germany’s health minister said Friday, reiterating Berlin’s opposition to a U.S. proposal to waive patent protection.”The main issue is not patent protection but production capacity,” Jens Spahn told a news conference on Friday.In a jab at the Biden…
Global stocks headed for their first weekly gain in three weeks amid a surge in commodity prices, while traders braced for a U.S. jobs report later on Friday that could provide clues on when the Federal Reserve will ease back on monetary stimulus.European stocks opened higher, with the pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) hitting a…
British construction activity expanded quickly last month, almost matching the six-and-a-half-year record struck in March as a lifting of coronavirus lockdown measures boosted new orders, a survey showed on Friday.The IHS Markit/CIPS Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) eased to 61.6 in April from 61.7 in March, despite the survey’s gauge of new orders rising to…
Taiwan’s exports rose for a 10th straight month in April, and far exceeded expectations, as global demand for microchips and hi-tech gadgets remained strong in the work-from-home COVID-19 pandemic boom, and the outlook looks robust.





