Aug 11, 2023
US SEC seeks to appeal Ripple Labs crypto decision

(This Aug. 9 story has been corrected to show that a judge found the SEC had a plausible claim that the Terra USD token qualified as a security in paragraph 8) By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S.…

Aug 11, 2023
Russia launches lunar lander in race to find water on moon

By Guy Faulconbridge and Joey Roulette MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a bid to be the first nation to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, a region…

Aug 11, 2023
Virgin Galactic launches tourists to edge of space

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic on Thursday blasted three tourists to the edge of space aboard its air-launched VSS Unity spaceplane, a live stream showed, the Richard Branson-founded company's second commercial mission as it starts routine flights. The rocket-powered VSS…

Aug 10, 2023
Iran releases to house arrest 5 US citizens in swap, fund deal

By Arshad Mohammed and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran may free five detained U.S. citizens as part of a deal under which $6 billion in Iranian funds in South Korea would be unfrozen, sources familiar with the matter said…

Aug 09, 2023
Wall Street ends lower as investors await US inflation data

By Echo Wang (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday, the day after a report showed Americans borrowed more than ever on their credit cards in the last quarter, and a day ahead of U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI)…

Aug 08, 2023
US regulators fine Wall Street firms $549 million in latest texting probe

By Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. regulators on Tuesday fined nine Wall Street companies, including Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas and Société Générale $549 million over employees' use of personal messaging apps to discuss deals, trades and other business. The penalties…

Aug 04, 2023
Wall St shares fall on slowing but strong US labor market

By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks fell on Friday, while the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields were lower, after a government jobs report showed a slowing but still tight U.S. labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 187,000 jobs last…

Aug 04, 2023
Two US Navy sailors arrested on charges of sharing secrets with China

By Raphael Satter and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on charges of handing over sensitive national security material to China, U.S. officials said Thursday. Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, was charged with conspiracy and…

Aug 04, 2023
Albemarle jumps into global race to reinvent lithium production

By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Albemarle is building an Arkansas facility to test its version of direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology with the goal of eventually filtering the electric vehicle battery metal from existing bromine operations, its CEO said on…