OPEC set for oil cut extension if Iran endorses pact
VIENNA (Reuters) – OPEC and its allies look set to extend oil supply cuts next week at least until the end of 2019 as Iraq joined top producers Saudi Arabia…
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, top deputy ordered to stand trial in 2020
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her former second-in-command at the Silicon Valley blood-testing startup were ordered on Friday to stand trial next year on fraud charges…
India asks its states not to partner with Philip Morris-funded foundation
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s health ministry has asked all state governments in the country not to partner with the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) because of its links…
Deutsche Bank board to meet July 7 to decide on cutting jobs: sources
FILE PHOTO: The Deutsche Bank headquarters are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) supervisory board will meet on July 7…
U.S. banks play cat-and-mouse game with Fed on capital returns
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An annual stress test of banks introduced by U.S. regulators after the 2007-09 financial crisis to prevent taxpayer bailouts has become a fight over how quickly…
When controversies hit, wait-and-see no longer works, U.S. companies find
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) held its annual meeting in April, activists insisted it stop financing private prison companies. A Bank of America logo is…
Trump prepares for ‘productive’ talks with Xi on trade war
OSAKA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he hoped for productive talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a trade war that is casting a shadow on…
U.S. rights groups, doctors sue to stop Georgia ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
(Reuters) – A group of civil rights organizations, doctors and clinics sued Georgia’s government on Friday to overturn a law passed in March that bans abortions if an embryonic or…
Missouri’s only abortion clinic to stay open until at least August 1
(Reuters) – Missouri’s only abortion clinic will remain open for now after a state arbiter on Friday ordered a stay in response to Planned Parenthood’s challenge of the state health…
Oil prices mixed ahead of U.S. crude stock data
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday ahead of data expected to show U.S. crude stocks declining, outweighing investors’ concerns that U.S.-China trade tensions could dampen fuel demand.…