By Pritam Biswas and Echo Wang (Reuters) -Shares of financial software maker OneStream, backed by private equity firm KKR, rose nearly 30% in their Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, valuing the company at nearly $6 billion. Investors have shown optimism for new listings in 2024 on hopes of a soft landing for the economy, after two…
By Marianna Parraga, Deisy Buitrago and Mircely Guanipa CARACAS/MARACAY (Reuters) -Griselda Ascanio keeps an improvised wood-burning stove ready in her backyard in Maracay, 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Venezuela’s capital, for the frequent gas-supply interruptions that make it difficult to cook. “We cannot just cry about it,” said the 44-year-old administrator, who collects branches that…
By Jason Lange (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The poll, conducted on Monday and Tuesday, followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally…
By Ankika Biswas and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – U.S. stocks were flat to higher on Tuesday as investors awaited Alphabet and Tesla earnings later in the day to gauge if the recent market rally has momentum to spare, while United Parcel Service and NXP Semiconductors plummeted after poor results. United Parcel Service, seen as…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Traders in the options market expect Tesla shares to swing by nearly 10% in either direction by Friday, options data showed. That is roughly in line with the stock’s average move of about 10.1% after the company’s last eight quarterly earnings reports, according to Trade Alert data….
(Reuters) – Apple is likely to introduce its foldable iPhone as early as 2026, the Information reported on Tuesday, that could mark the biggest hardware design revamp for the company’s most popular product. The Cupertino, California-based company’s plan to release a foldable iPhone could mimic a similar move by Samsung Electronics, which pioneered the foldable…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reduced its stake in BYD to below 5%, in what could be the final time Berkshire discloses stock sales in China’s largest producer of electric vehicles. Berkshire lowered its stake in BYD’s issued H-shares to 4.94% from 5.06% on July 16, according to a Monday filing with…
(Reuters) -Following are reactions from foreign leaders and officials to U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to end his campaign to seek reelection in November: UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY: “Ukraine is grateful to President Biden for his unwavering support for Ukraine’s fight for freedom, which, along with strong bipartisan support in the United States, has…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden may not have gotten much credit politically for the thousands of grants and public investments his administration showered across the country, with airport or road projects in places like South Carolina and Wyoming unlikely to dent former President Donald Trump’s locked-in status in those deeply…
By Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -Former Attorney General Eric Holder and his law firm, Covington & Burling LLP, will conduct vetting of potential running mates for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the presidency, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Harris is running for the Democratic presidential nomination after President Joe…
