May 08, 2023
China and U.S. see need to stabilise relations

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Monday it is imperative to stabilise Sino-U.S. relations after a series of "erroneous words and deeds" threw ties back into a deep freeze. Qin, in a meeting in Beijing with U.S.…

May 05, 2023
Dow has best day since Jan. 6 after Apple rally, jobs data

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rallied on Friday, with the Dow posting its biggest one-day percentage gain since Jan. 6, as shares of Apple surged more than 4% after upbeat results and U.S. jobs data pointed…

May 02, 2023
Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant road-tests a new quality strategy

By Joseph White LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - Shutting down the assembly lines that build Super Duty pickup trucks at Ford Motor Co's Kentucky Truck Plant is a multimillion-dollar action company managers try hard to avoid. As part of a new…

May 01, 2023
Explainer-With Bluesky, Jack Dorsey has another go at Twitter-like service

(Reuters) - Jack Dorsey is taking another whack at a Twitter-like service with a new social media platform called Bluesky. The service is gaining traction among Twitter power users, attracting prominent personalities including U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Bluesky, which bears…

May 01, 2023
One-third of US nurses plan to quit profession – report

By Khushi Mandowara and Leroy Leo (Reuters) - Almost a third of the nurses in the United States are considering leaving their profession after the COVID-19 pandemic left them overwhelmed and fatigued, according to a survey. The survey of over…

May 01, 2023
The road to First Republic Bank’s collapse

(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co is buying most of First Republic Bank's assets, which had been seized by United States regulators, in a last-ditch rescue for the strained lender, marking the third major U.S. bank to fail in two…