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KKR nears acquisition of German IT services firm Datagroup, sources say
(Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR is close to acquiring Frankfurt-listed IT services provider Datagroup, people familiar ...
Retail sales, crude inventories, and Powell speech top Wednesday’s agenda
The spotlight falls on retail sales figures, EIA crude oil inventories, and a highly anticipated speech by Federal Reserve ...
Citigroup profit beats estimates, moves toward target as trading revenue jumps
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday and moved closer to its profitability target as its traders reaped a windfall from volatile markets that ...
Chile, Canada and Peru push back against Trump’s copper tariff probe
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile, Canada and Peru - three of the largest copper suppliers to the United States - have told President Donald Trump’s administration that imports of the metal from their ...
Wells Fargo turns more cautious on aerospace sector, cuts Hexcel, Howmet rating
Investing.com -- Wells Fargo downgraded Hexcel Corp (NYSE: HXL) and Howmet Aerospace Inc to Equal Weight as it turned more cautious on the aerospace sector, citing the risk of a global economic ...
After Harvard rejects Trump demands, Columbia still in talks over federal funding
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University said it was holding "good faith" negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to regain federal funding, hours after Harvard rejected the ...
Hamas armed wing says it lost contact with group holding Israeli-US hostage Alexander
Abu Ubaida, the armed wing’s spokesperson, said on the Telegram that it lost contact after the Israeli army attacked the place where the militants were holding Alexander, who is a New Jersey native ...
Whistleblower org says DOGE may have caused ’significant cyber breach’ at US labor watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A whistleblower complaint says that Elon Musk’s team of technologists may have been responsible for a "significant cybersecurity breach," likely of sensitive case files, at ...
Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia accused in India money laundering case, ANI reports
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia, the most senior members of India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, have been accused in a money laundering case by the ...
Canada to launch world’s first spot Solana ETFs
The ETFs will offer direct spot exposure to Solana, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, currently valued at $68.2 billion, according to CoinGecko. Solana is also the blockchain supporting ...
At US antitrust trial, Meta’s Zuckerberg admits he bought Instagram because it was ’better’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a key confession at a U.S. antitrust trial on Tuesday, saying he bought Instagram because it had a "better" camera than the one his company was ...
BofA downgrades U.S. chemical sector amid slowdown
Investing.com -- Bank of America downgraded its view on the U.S. chemicals sector after a sharp selloff and worsening macro conditions, cutting price objectives by 15% on average. The sector is down ...