(Reuters) – American Airlines on Tuesday cut its second-quarter profit forecast, sending the shares of the carrier down about 4% in aftermarket trading. The company now expects second-quarter adjusted earnings per diluted share to be between $1.00 and $1.15, down from its previous expectations of between $1.15 and $1.45 per share. It now expects total…
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – FTX’s bankruptcy lawyers at Sullivan & Cromwell were not complicit in the fraud that caused the crypto company to collapse, a court-appointed examiner concluded on Thursday. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in November of stealing $8 billion from FTX customers. FTX creditors and investors had accused…
(Reuters) – Anglo American was pressed by key shareholders including BlackRock to extend talks with BHP Group over its proposed 38.6 billion pound ($49.18 billion) mining merger, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. BHP, the world’s biggest listed mining group, now has until May 29 to make a firm bid for Anglo American or it…
(Reuters) – Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said on Saturday it has urged Tesla shareholders to reject a $56 billion pay package for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, which if passed would be the largest pay package for a CEO in corporate America. The report cited reasons like the “excessive size” of the pay deal,…
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday to attend his peace summit as Ukraine struggles to stave off unrelenting attacks by Russia in its 27-month-old invasion. Ukraine hopes to host as many countries as possible at Kyiv-led talks in Switzerland next…
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) -Eli Lilly said on Friday it has invested another $5.3 billion in its new Lebanon, Indiana manufacturing plant, more than doubling its previous investment, as it scrambles to meet soaring demand for its weight-loss and diabetes drugs. The new investment, which brings the total to $9 billion, will help boost production…
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had no legitimacy following the expiry of his five-year term and this would raise a legal obstacle if Russia and Ukraine were to resume peace talks. With Ukraine still under martial law in the third year of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Zelenskiy…
(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) -Citigroup has asked its 600 U.S. employees, who are eligible to work remotely, to return to office fulltime, it said on Friday as regulatory requirements make it hard for Wall Street banks to allow offsite work for roles such as trading. Regulators had eased some of the stringent requirements to allow traders the flexibility…
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – The typical summer slowdown in U.S. stock markets may be more pronounced this year with inflation jitters and an early presidential debate that have the potential to weigh on a rally that has pushed the S&P 500 near record highs in recent months. The S&P 500 is up…
