Jan 16, 2023
Davos 2023: What you need to know about the WEF on Monday

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The World Economic Forum (WEF) returned to Davos for its first winter session in three years with high expectations. Record numbers of government officials and business leaders were expected at the elite annual affair. However, the…

Jan 12, 2023
California lawsuit accuses drugmakers of insulin overcharging

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -California is suing the United States' leading insulin makers and pharmacy benefit managers, accusing them of using their market power to overcharge patients for the life-saving drug, the state's attorney general announced on Thursday. The lawsuit,…

Jan 05, 2023
Factbox-Why are tech firms leading job cuts in Corporate America?

(Reuters) - Big Tech firms are leading a string of layoffs across corporate America as companies look to rein in costs to ride out the economic downturn. Persisting inflation leading to interest rate hikes, weak consumer demand and an economic…

Dec 30, 2022
How 2022 shocked, rocked and rolled global markets

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Trillions of dollars wiped off world stocks, bond market tantrums, whip-sawing currency and commodities and the collapse of a few crypto empires - 2022 has been perhaps the most turbulent year investors have ever…

Dec 28, 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried to enter plea in FTX fraud case

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to enter a plea next week to criminal charges he defrauded investors and looted billions of dollars in customer funds at his failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange. The 30-year-old is…

Dec 22, 2022
BMW to make Solid Power’s battery cells under expanded agreement

(Reuters) - Solid Power Inc said on Wednesday it will offer some intellectual property rights related to its solid-state batteries to BMW and allow production of the battery cells at the automaker's facilities in Germany. Colorado-based Solid Power will license…

Dec 05, 2022
Oil falls over 3% after data raises Fed interest rate worries

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell over 3% on Monday, following U.S. stock markets lower, after U.S. service sector data raised worries that the Federal Reserve could continue its aggressive policy tightening path. Brent crude futures settled…