Jan 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has sent notices to states and partners pausing public health grants that add up to about $5 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. HHS did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. “The temporary pause is for HHS to implement a…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is allowing China to purchase Venezuelan oil but not at “unfair, undercut” prices at which Caracas sold the crude before the U.S. removed President Nicolas Maduro, a U.S. official said on Thursday. While the oil will be sold in the global marketplace, the administration has…
By Nancy Lapid Jan 22 (Reuters) – Many patients using highly effective GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy may not regain lost weight quickly when they stop treatment, according to an analysis of real-world data shared with Reuters that sheds light on a chief concern about the therapies. Among thousands of patients treated at a large network…
Jan 20 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened sharply lower on Tuesday, as investors were spooked by renewed tariff threats from President Donald Trump against Europe over control of Greenland. At 09:30 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 653.07 points, or 1.32%, to 48,706.26, the S&P 500 lost 94.67 points, or 1.39%,…
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WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has asked President Donald Trump to commute her sentence after she was convicted of defrauding investors in her now-defunct blood-testing startup that was once valued at $9 billion, a notice on the Justice Department website showed. The U.S. Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney lists…
By Zaheer Kachwala Jan 21 (Reuters) – Netflix’s co-CEOs found themselves in an unusual position after the company’s latest earnings report: on the backfoot. The streaming pioneer’s decision to plunk down nearly $83 billion on Warner Bros’ assets marks a significant departure from the company’s long-standing mantra: build, don’t buy. Investors still aren’t buying it….
Jan 21 (Reuters) – Apple plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company’s first artificial intelligence chatbot, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The chatbot, code named Campos, will be embedded deeply into the iPhone, iPad and Mac operating systems and will replace the current Siri interface, the report…
Jan 21 (Reuters) – Copper prices rose on Wednesday after a sharp decline in the previous session, as investors focused on tight inventories outside the U.S., even as traders questioned whether demand would be sustained. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.4% at $12,796 per metric ton as of 1700 GMT,…
Jan 21 (Reuters) – Kosovo said on Wednesday it had accepted an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to join his “Board of Peace”. “I am deeply honored by the President’s personal invitation to represent the Republic of Kosovo as a founding member of the Board of Peace, standing shoulder to shoulder with the United States…
