By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices eased about 1% on Tuesday as worries that sluggish global economic growth could reduce energy demand outweighed Saudi Arabia’s pledge to deepen output cuts. Brent futures fell 42 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $76.29 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 41 cents, […]
Apple to sell Vision Pro AR headset for triple Meta’s top-line price
Reuters | June 6, 2023
By Stephen Nellis CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) -Apple on Monday unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in its riskiest bet since the introduction of the iPhone more than a decade ago, barging into a market dominated by Meta. At its annual developer conference, Apple also introduced a raft of new products and features, […]
Big Tobacco faces big EU counterfeit problem
Reuters | June 1, 2023
By Richa Naidu, Emma Pinedo and Emilio Parodi MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police raided three clandestine tobacco factories early this year, seizing nearly 40 million euros ($44 million) worth of tobacco leaf and illicit cigarettes. At one, in the northern town of Alfaro, they found 10 Ukrainian workers, five of them war refugees, who’d been […]
Elon Musk greeted with flattery and feasts during China trip
Reuters | May 31, 2023
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk was showered with praise during a trip to China this week, with people on social media calling him “a pioneer”, “Brother Ma” and “a global idol” while the CEO of Tesla, Twitter, SpaceX and other companies also met in person with three government ministers. Since landing […]
US auto sales to rise in May as inventories improve – report
Reuters | May 25, 2023
(Reuters) – New vehicle sales in the U.S. are expected to rise in May, on robust demand for personal transport and improving inventories at dealers, a report from industry consultants showed on Thursday. U.S. new-vehicle sales, including retail and non-retail transactions, are estimated to reach 1.3 million units in May, up 15.6% from a year […]
As Bud slips, Heineken plots further shake-up of U.S. light beer
Reuters | May 23, 2023
By Doyinsola Oladipo and Philip Blenkinsop NEW YORK/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – As investors try to assess the fallout on global brewing leader Anheuser-Busch InBev from a backlash against Bud Light, rival Heineken is spending $100 million to promote a new light beer to Americans. The Dutch brewer sees Heineken Silver driving fresh momentum into its U.S. […]
U.S. Democrats warn Biden against toughening aid for the poor
Reuters | May 19, 2023
By Richard Cowan, Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress expressed frustration with President Joe Biden’s willingness to engage with Republicans demanding tougher work requirements for food aid recipients as part of any deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. They have stopped short of threatening to block such moves, as talks on […]
US supply chain woes shift and persist in 2023
Reuters | May 17, 2023
By Lisa Baertlein CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. supply chain is healing from early pandemic shocks that sent shipping costs skyrocketing and squeezed supplies of everything from toilet paper to pasta, but more than three years later, material shortages and hiring woes linger. Rates for trucking, ocean shipping and other transportation tumbled after U.S. consumers shifted […]
AstraZeneca to leave leading U.S. drug lobby group
Reuters | May 16, 2023
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -AstraZeneca has decided to leave the main U.S. drug lobby group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), and pursue other ways of engaging in advocacy at the state and federal level, the company said. AstraZeneca decided not to continue its membership after a recent assessment of whether it […]
G7 finance chiefs debate reducing supply chain reliance on China
Reuters | May 12, 2023
By Christian Kraemer and Tetsushi Kajimoto NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) -Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies discussed the need to make global supply chains more resilient by reducing over-reliance on China, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Friday. Japan, which is hosting a three-day G7 meeting to debate key global themes […]