By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Student Zoe Davis, 20, was just weeks into her junior year when she landed back in the hospital with severe sickle cell pain earlier this month. She is doing what she can to prevent the crippling attacks in her arms, legs and abdomen that are becoming more frequent….
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Sruthi Shankar NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global stock indexes hit all-time highs on Friday after China’s central bank lowered interest rates and injected liquidity into its banking system and U.S. inflation continued to ease, while Treasury yields dipped. The yen firmed against the dollar after Japan’s former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba…
By Katya Golubkova TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices were little changed on Thursday after falling in the previous session as signs of higher fuel demand and falling stockpiles in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil user, offset concerns over demand elsewhere, particularly in China. Brent crude futures were up 9 cents, or 0.12%, to $73.55…
By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley’s middle-market buyout arm is exploring a sale of Sila Services that could value the residential services company at about $1.5 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based Sila, which is a provider of services including heating, air-conditioning, and…
By Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is the Republican presidential candidate, said on Friday he will seek the prosecution of Google if he wins the Nov. 5 election, claiming that the company only displays “bad stories” about him. Trump, in his post on Truth Social, gave no…
By Niket Nishant and Manya Saini (Reuters) -The U.S. IPO market has bounced back strongly in 2024 after a nearly two-year dry spell, driven by receding recession fears and a searing rally in stocks. Still, investor preference for companies with a clear path to profitability has kept enthusiasm in check, with analysts expecting a recovery…
(Reuters) -Shares of BKV rose 3.1% in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, giving the U.S. natural gas producer a market capitalization of $1.56 billion. The beginning of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s long-awaited interest rate-cutting cycle has opened a window of opportunity for companies looking to list their shares. Some are…
By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced more than $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine on Thursday to help Kyiv “win this war” against Russian invaders, using a visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make a major commitment. The aid includes the first shipment of a precision-guided…
(Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday finalized a $6 million fine for a political consultant over fake robocalls in imitating President Joe Biden that sought to dissuade people from voting for him in a New Hampshire’s primary election. In May, Steven Kramer, a Louisiana Democratic political consultant was indicted in New Hampshire over…
(Reuters) – Bavarian Nordic has received an order worth $63 million from the U.S. government to produce additional bulk product and the final freeze-dried doses of its mpox and smallpox vaccine, Jynneos, it said on Tuesday. As per the contract, the Danish biotech company will manufacture 1 million freeze-dried vaccines to be delivered by 2026,…
