By Lisa Barrington (Reuters) -Flights to and from Beirut airport were cancelled or delayed on Monday as tensions escalated between Israel and armed political group Hezbollah after a strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 children and teenagers. Air France said on Monday that due to the security situation at the destination, it will…
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) -Countries are under pressure to make progress on a first-ever global plastics treaty this week, but they face tense negotiations in the Canadian capital with parties deeply divided over what the treaty should include as talks begin on Tuesday. If governments can agree on a legally binding treaty that addresses not…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Elon Musk wants to dismiss a lawsuit by former Twitter shareholders who said he waited too long in early 2022 to reveal his large ownership stake in the social media company, saying “all indications” show his delay was a mistake. In a late Wednesday night filing in Manhattan…
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar rose on Tuesday, bolstered by hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials as well as data showing a stable housing market in the world’s largest economy, both suggesting that the central bank will not be in a rush to kickstart its rate-cutting cycle. The greenback firmed against…
By Allison Lampert (Reuters) – Boeing faces a possible strike as early as Friday if most of the U.S. planemaker’s factory workers in the Pacific Northwest vote on Thursday to back a work stoppage and reject a tentative deal that has enraged many of them. Roughly 30,000 workers who produce Boeing’s 737 MAX, 767 and…
By Granth Vanaik and Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) – Keith Gill, the meme stock trader “Roaring Kitty,” thrust Chewy Inc into the spotlight when he made a $245 million bet on the online pet products retailer on Monday. What is Chewy and why has it attracted Gill’s interest? WHAT’S THE BUSINESS? Chewy is an $11 billion…
By Catarina Demony and Ana Cantero LISBON (Reuters) – A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portugal late on Saturday, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), with one Lisbon resident saying the dazzling display “felt like a movie”. On Sunday morning, the ESA shared on X a video…
(Reuters) – Walmart has ended its agreement with Capital One Financial, which was the exclusive issuer of Walmart consumer credit cards, the companies said on Friday. The world’s largest retailer had previously accused Capital One of being too slow to post many transactions to cardholders’ accounts, and failing to promptly replace many lost cards. The…
(Reuters) – A union representing flight attendants for American Airlines Group said on Thursday they are preparing to strike after contract negotiations with the carrier failed to produce an agreement this week. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), which represents about 28,000 American Airlines flight attendants, said after a year of mediated talks with…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BMO Capital Markets on Thursday said it was raising its S&P 500 target for 2024 to 6,100 from 5,600. The benchmark index was last at 5,720, up 1.8% on the day, following Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision to kick off its monetary easing cycle with half-a-percentage point reduction. “Much like our last…
