By Niket Nishant (Reuters) – Shares of New York-listed crypto firms fell on Monday as bitcoin dipped after breaching the $70,000-mark for the first time since mid-June. The sell-off erased gains from…
Month: July 2024
McDonald’s sales fall globally for first time in more than three years
By Savyata Mishra (Reuters) -McDonald’s reported a surprise drop in sales worldwide on Monday, its first decline in 13 quarters, as deal-seeking consumers shy away from higher priced menu items, including Big…
Putin warns the United States of Cold War-style missile crisis
By Guy Faulconbridge and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned the United States that if Washington deployed long-range missiles in Germany then Russia would station similar missiles…
Yellen says $3 trillion needed annually for climate financing, far more than current level
By David Lawder BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday that the global transition to a low-carbon economy requires $3 trillion in new capital each year through…
Paris Olympics opening ceremony draws 28.6 million US viewers, most since 2012
By Sheila Dang PARIS (Reuters) – The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics drew 28.6 million U.S. viewers, according to preliminary data from Comcast’s NBCUniversal on Saturday, which the company said was…
Kamala Harris campaign raises $200 million in a week
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s election campaign said on Sunday it has raised $200 million and signed up 170,000 new volunteers in the week since she became…
Nasdaq says top shareholder Thoma Bravo to sell shares worth $2.8 billion
(Reuters) – Nasdaq said on Friday private equity firm Thoma Bravo will sell 41.6 million shares in the exchange operator through a secondary public offering. Based on Nasdaq’s last close, the offering…
Australia signs $1.4 billion deal to upgrade navy submarines
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia said on Saturday it had signed a A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) four-year contract with state-owned submarine builder ASC to upgrade the navy’s Collins class submarines. The “sustainment contract”…
Exclusive-Walmart looks to bet $200 million on autonomous forklifts -sources
By Siddharth Cavale and Jeffrey Dastin NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart has plans to potentially spend $200 million on self-driving forklifts as part of broader efforts to automate more warehouse operations, according…
Amazon under second investigation in Milan for tax evasion, sources say
MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian unit of Amazon is being investigated by Milan prosecutors for suspected tax evasion, two sources said on Friday, but the inquiry was not linked to a multi-million…