COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – U.S. electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has been reported to police in Sweden accused of performing electrical installation work without the necessary registration, the Swedish Electricians’ Union said on Wednesday. There are already tense relations between Tesla and unions in Sweden, where the company has faced prolonged industrial action and its mechanics have…
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Maggie Fick COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) – Obesity drug-maker Novo Nordisk will spend $4.1 billion to build a U.S. facility to fill injection pens for its hugely popular weight-loss treatment Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic, it said on Monday. Construction of the plant at Novo’s existing main U.S. manufacturing site in Clayton,…
By Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Egypt to do everything it can to make sure humanitarian aid is flowing into Gaza as food and medicine bound for the strip piles up on the Egyptian side. Blinken told a hearing in the House…
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar strengthened on Tuesday, after a reading of retail sales proved to be firmer than expected, but was not strong enough to alter expectations for the path of interest rates from the Federal Reserve. U.S. retail sales were unchanged in June, topping expectations of economists polled by Reuters…
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At least three U.S. House of Representatives Democrats were preparing to sign a letter protesting a plan to speed up the official party approval of President Joe Biden’s reelection bid, the lawmakers’ offices said on Tuesday. These Democrats are protesting a move by the party to hold a “virtual…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 26 state attorneys general led by West Virginia and Kentucky on Wednesday challenged the Biden administration’s new fuel economy rules, calling the requirements unworkable and forcing automakers to build more electric vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on June 7 finalized tighter vehicle fuel economy rules through 2031…
ZURICH (Reuters) – The merger of the Swiss units of UBS and Credit Suisse could be completed as early as July 1, a senior executive at UBS was quoted as saying on Tuesday. UBS, which acquired its former rival Credit Suisse last year after the bank’s collapse, had previously indicated the two units would be…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ten large banks including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase will pay $46 million to settle a long-running antitrust lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to rig the now $465.9 trillion market for interest rate swaps. Lawyers for investors filed a preliminary settlement to end the eight-year-old…
(This story contains strong language in paragraph 17) By Helen Coster, Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump stared down a bank of cameras inside Trump Tower on Friday and delivered a message fitting for both his legal and political battles: He is ready to fight. A day after a New…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has not responded to U.S. nuclear-weapons risk-reduction proposals and Washington has questions about Beijing’s call for no-first-use talks while China continues to build up its arsenal, the top U.S. arms control official said on Wednesday. Under Secretary of State Bonnie Jenkins told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the U.S. estimates China…
