(Reuters) – Apple is gearing up to sell its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset outside the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, in a bid to invigorate demand for its most expensive…
Anglo American rejects BHP’s revised $42.7 billion buyout proposal
By Clara Denina LONDON (Reuters) -Anglo American rejected a raised takeover offer of 34 billion pounds ($42.67 billion) from BHP Group on Monday, saying the world’s largest listed miner “continues to significantly…
‘Choose France’ investment push bags record $16 billion in pledges
By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – France won a record 15 billion euros ($16.17 billion) in foreign investment pledges on Monday, allowing President Emmanuel Macron to bask in the…
Morning Bid: Treading water ahead of China tariff news, US CPI
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asian markets on Tuesday will be looking to maintain the positivity with which the week has started, with…
Israel in spotlight at Eurovision semi-final as pro-Palestinian protests LOOM
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) –The second semi-final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Sweden on Thursday, with Israel’s performance expected to draw attention due to large…
Reformers hoped to curtail America’s domestic spying; lawmakers are poised to expand it
(This April 17 story has been refiled to add the missing word ‘trust’ in paragraph 15) By Raphael Satter and Zeba Siddiqui WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Reformers had hoped that the debate over…
Exclusive-Donald Trump mulls middle-class tax cut as he eyes return to office
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has indicated to advisers he is keen on a new middle-class tax cut should he return to the White House,…
Microsoft finds Russian influence operations targeting U.S. election have begun
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Wednesday that Russian online campaigns to influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election kicked into gear over the past 45 days, but at a slower pace…
IDB eyes joint goals statement with multilateral banks on Saturday
By Marcela Ayres WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Inter-American Development Bank plans to release a statement on Saturday with joint goals of multilateral development banks that is expected to entail priority-sharing and the…
US stocks end down, crude slides amid Fed, geopolitical crosscurrents
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday as crude prices tumbled and investors weighed cautious U.S. Federal Reserve commentary and ongoing geopolitical strife against mixed quarterly earnings….