(Reuters) -Ecommerce company EBay Inc on Wednesday forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on hopes that cost-conscious shoppers would be attracted towards its used and refurbished product category in the face of a looming recession. Shares of the San Jose, California- based company rose nearly 2% in trading after the bell. The company forecast …
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By Daniel Wiessner The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that laid-off workers cannot be required to sign agreements that contain confidentiality clauses and other provisions that could deter them from exercising their rights under federal labor law in exchange for receiving severance. The board in a 3-1 decision on Tuesday overturned a pair of …
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(Reuters) – Russian prosecutors on Wednesday said they were proceeding with a case against exiled science fiction writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, accused of publishing “false information” about Russian atrocities in the Ukraine war. Russia has targeted opposition figures and journalists with a law providing for jail terms up to 15 years for those convicted of spreading …
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Por Johann M Cherian 22 feb (Reuters) -El S&P 500 amplió el miércoles su racha perdedora a cuatro sesiones, con los operadores cautelosos a pesar de que las últimas orientaciones sobre la política de tasas del banco central estadounidense mostraron pocas sorpresas. * Una sólida mayoría de autoridades de la Reserva Federal acordó en su …
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By Maki Shiraki and Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s biggest automaker, said on Wednesday it would accept a union demand for the biggest base salary increase in 20 years and a rise in bonus payments, as Japan steps up calls for businesses to hike pay. As one of Japan’s biggest employers, …
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BUENOS AIRES, 22 feb (Reuters) – Los activos argentinos cotizaron mayormente en baja el miércoles dadas las crecientes dudas sobre el futuro de las tasas de interés que arrastró también a los mercados mundiales, logística que disparó desarme de posiciones por toma de utilidades tras los feriados de carnaval. Operadores dijeron que la plaza financiera …
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(Reuters) – Shares of Cineworld slumped as much as 22% on Wednesday after media reports said the world’s second-largest cinema operator had received 40 non-binding bids, but none for its UK and U.S. assets or nearing its $6 billion secured debt load. The reports cited company counsel Joshua Sussberg’s comments to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court …
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(Reuters) – Jim Chanos is short on General Electric Co, the billionaire investor said in a CNBC interview on Wednesday. Chanos added the company’s fair value was “way below” its current stock price, which pared gains after the comment and was last trading up 0.6% at $82.63. GE in January forecast a lower-than-expected full-year adjusted …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament will start debating the ratification of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership next Wednesday, the agenda of next week’s parliamentary session showed this Wednesday. Finland and Sweden sought membership after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year and have said they want to join “hand in hand”, but while most member states …
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By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Foreign interference in elections is a very serious issue and Canada must be on guard against it, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, following a media report saying that China sought to influence the outcome of the 2021 election. Already tense Sino-Canadian relations have become more strained since …
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