By Milana Vinn and Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is weighing options, including a sale, for Modernizing Medicine (ModMed) that could value the medical software provider at more than $5 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Boca Raton, Florida-based ModMed is working with a financial…
ATHENS (Reuters) – Wall Street bank JP Morgan has filed two lawsuits over its investment in fintech Viva Wallet, the latest twist in a legal dispute between the two sides over how to value the Greek business. A source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters that JP Morgan filed a lawsuit in Greece on…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people’s cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial. Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the federal court in San Francisco…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is expected to announce $500 million in military aid for Ukraine on Thursday at a final gathering of President Joe Biden’s weapons pledging conferences, meetings Kyiv says have been critical to its defense against Russia. The Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG), comprised of about 50 allies who usually meet every…
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – A technology industry group on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden’s administration to refrain from issuing a last-minute rule that would control global access to AI chips, warning the restrictions would jeopardize U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence. The Information Technology Industry Council, representing companies like Amazon, Microsoft and Meta, said the…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A Berkshire Hathaway shareholder wants a committee of independent directors to oversee risks associated with artificial intelligence at the dozens of companies in Warren Buffett’s conglomerate. Tulipshare, an activist investor group based in London, said on Tuesday it submitted a shareholder resolution for Berkshire’s annual meeting on May 3 to…
SAO PAULO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – E-commerce giants Amazon.com and MercadoLibre stand to benefit from new tariffs on low-cost imports into Mexico over Asian retailers like Shein and Temu, according to analysts at Itau BBA. Mexico this month imposed a 19% tax on imports via courier services from countries with which it does not have a…
PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he wants the U.S. Congress to extend the nation’s debt ceiling, adding that he did not want to see the federal government default on its debt, which currently tops $36 trillion. “I just don’t want to see a default. That’s all I want,” Trump…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that the first U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu had died, noting that the patient was over 65 and had underlying medical conditions. “While the current public health risk for the general public remains low, people who work with birds, poultry or cows, or…
(Reuters) -Smithfield Foods on Monday made public its paperwork for its New York initial public offering as the maker of Farmland bacon and Farmer John sausages prepares for its U.S. stock market return after more than a decade. Hong Kong-based WH Group, the world’s largest pork producer that took Smithfield private in 2013 for $4.7…
