Russia’s Prigozhin admits links to what U.S. says was election-meddling troll farm

(Reuters) – Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, said on Tuesday that he founded and financed and the Internet Research Agency, a company Washington says is a “troll farm” which meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Prigozhin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, spent years operating on behalf of the …

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Tiroteo deja tres muertos y 5 heridos en la Universidad Estatal de Michigan, el sospechoso muere

Por Dieu-Nalio Chery y Steve Gorman 14 feb (Reuters) – Un hombre armado disparó la noche del lunes en el campus principal de la Universidad Estatal de Michigan, matando a tres personas e hiriendo a cinco, antes de que una persecución de varias horas terminó con la muerte del sospechoso, aparentemente por un disparo autoinfligido, …

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Indian digital payments firm PhonePe raises $100 million at $12 billion valuation

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian digital payments firm PhonePe said on Tuesday it has raised $100 million from Ribbit Capital, Tiger Global and TVS Capital Funds in a funding round that valued the Walmart Inc-backed company at $12 billion. The latest round is part of PhonePe’s primary fundraise that took place last month through which the …

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Euro zone’s employment record complicates life for ECB

BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone employment surged more than expected to a new record high last quarter as a surprisingly resilient economy avoided a recession, pointing to greater underlying inflation pressures that could keep interest rates high for longer. The euro zone economy was expected to contract through the winter months but falling energy prices, a …

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Los precios de los servicios son la última baza de la Fed en la lucha contra la inflación

Por Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, 14 feb (Reuters) – Los consumidores estadounidenses, favorecidos por las ayudas que el Gobierno concedió en 2020 y 2021 por la pandemia de COVID, acudieron en masa a los concesionarios de automóviles, con lo que se dispararon los precios de los vehículos. A esto siguieron las facturas de reparación, e incluso …

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U.S. gas producers skimped on price hedges and now face a reckoning

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – A rout in natural gas prices will hurt first-quarter earnings and cash flows at gas producers as hedges – the industry’s version of price insurance – were inadequate to offset the expected losses, analysts and industry experts said. Producers starting the year with fewer hedges than historically will have …

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Leidos Holdings sees 2023 profit below estimates as supply chain woes persist

(Reuters) – U.S. defense contractor Leidos Holdings Inc forecast lower-than-expected 2023 profit as the industry struggles with labor shortages, higher costs and lingering supply chain bottlenecks. The Reston, Virginia-based company expects 2023 profit between $6.40 and $6.80 per share, below analysts’ estimates of $6.82, according to Refinitiv. Newly elected U.S. House speaker Kevin McCarthy’s promise …

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