By Farouq Suleiman and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Nurses in England will pause planned strike action to enter “intensive talks” with the British government on pay and conditions, both sides said on Tuesday, in the first sign of a break in a long-running dispute. Britain is experiencing its largest wave of strike action in decades, …
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By David French (Reuters) – Wall Street posted its worst performance of the year on Tuesday, with the main benchmarks ending down as investors interpreted a rebound in U.S. business activity in February to mean interest rates will need to stay higher for longer to control inflation. For the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, it …
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By Moira Warburton (Reuters) -Democrat Jennifer McClellan won a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, a victory that will make her Virginia’s first Black congresswoman, Edison Research projected. The special election was held to fill a vacancy created by the November death of Representative Don McEachin, a Democrat who won re-election …
By Nandita Bose and Guy Faulconbridge WARSAW/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday Ukraine “stands strong” a year after the Russian invasion and that Moscow would never defeat its neighbour, speaking hours after the Kremlin suspended a landmark nuclear arms control treaty over the West’s support for Kyiv. Biden gave a speech …
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By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei 225 share index will hit the psychological 30,000 level by end-2023 on a better domestic corporate and global economic outlook in the latter part of the year, according to strategists in a Reuters poll. Strategists expect Japanese companies, many of which rely on exports, to particularly benefit …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Global shipping companies are exploring ways to boost safety in transporting cargoes as risks grow from fires erupting inside containers or in cars at sea, officials said on Wednesday. Shipping transports around 90% of world trade onboard different vessels including container and Ro-Ro ships with trade routes getting busier. In a new …
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(Reuters) -CoStar Group said on Tuesday it was no longer in talks to buy Realtor.com owner Move Inc from News Corp and forecast disappointing first-quarter revenue that sent its shares down 15% in extended trading. Reuters reported last month that News Corp was exploring a sale of Move Inc to CoStar, which provides online marketplaces …
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(Reuters) -Consulting giant McKinsey & Co is planning to cut about 2,000 jobs, in one of its biggest round of layoffs, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The report said the move is expected to focus on support staff who do not have direct contact with clients of the …
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By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -A trial challenging Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay at Tesla Inc may hang on whether a single material misleading disclosure to shareholders would void the compensation plan, which the judge hearing the dispute called “a kill shot.” At Tuesday’s closing arguments in a Delaware court, a judge pressed lawyers …
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BUENOS AIRES, 21 feb (Reuters) – El Gobierno de Argentina adoptó el martes medidas de ayuda y refuerzo de controles para evitar que la creciente ola de gripe aviar perjudique a la producción y al consumo, con el objetivo de preservar el estatus sanitario del país. “No hay riesgo para la población ni para las …
