LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – (This Feb. 1 story has been corrected to fix the name of CIO in the “Going Private” section to Nicoll from Nicole) The end of the easy-cash era is over and its impact yet to be felt on world markets, hopeful that the pain of aggressive rate hikes and high …
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb 1 (Reuters) – The Colorado River, which provides drinking water to 40 million people in seven US states, is drying up, straining a water distribution pact amid the worst drought in 12 centuries, exacerbated by climate change. California split from the six states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming …
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VANCOUVER, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The western Canadian province of British Columbia on Tuesday began a three-year pilot program to stop prosecuting people for carrying small amounts of heroin, meth, ecstasy, or crack cocaine, as part of an effort to fight a drug overdose crisis. BC accounts for about a third of the 32,000 deaths …
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Jan 31 (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) on Tuesday forecast a bigger-than-expected drop in sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment for 2023, intensifying investor concerns over demand for the products as governments cut orders and work through inventories. Chief Executive Albert Bourla said that 2023 should be a “transition year” for Pfizer’s COVID products, …
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McDonald’s warns of short-term inflation pressures US labor costs growth slows in fourth quarter Fed decision on interest rates on Wednesday GM up on robust forecast, Caterpillar hit by lower Q4 profit Indexes up: Nasdaq 0.48%, S&P 0.33%, Dow 0.07% Jan 31 (Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Tuesday as wage growth data indicated that …
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SINGAPORE, Jan 31, (Reuters) – Like many wealthy Chinese, graduate student Zayn Zhang thinks Singapore could be ideal to park his family’s wealth. He’s hoping that studying at a university in the Asian financial hub will lead to permanent residency and while the 26-year-old hits the books, his wife is out looking for a S$5-7 …
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Apple, Alphabet, Amazon slide ahead of earnings Fed decision on interest rates on Wednesday J&J falls after US court rejects talc-lawsuit strategy Indexes down: Dow 0.77%, S&P 500 1.3%, Nasdaq 1.96% NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Major US stock indexes sank on Monday, weighed down by declines in technology and other megacap shares, as …
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SINGAPORE, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, may trim prices for crude grades sold to Asia for a fourth straight month in March, amid low physical oil premiums, as oversupply linger worries despite expectations of demand recovery in China. State oil company Saudi Aramco may lower the official selling price …
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Adani issues 413-page rebuttal to Hindenburg report US short-seller’s report sparked falls in Adani shares Adani says comply with laws, necessary disclosures Adani CFO confident $2.5 bln share sale will succeed NEW DELHI, Jan 30 (Reuters) – India’s Adani Group issued a detailed riposte on Sunday to a Hindenburg Research report that sparked a $48 …
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Jan 27 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co said on Friday the US health regulator approved its drug for the treatment of a rare form of blood cancer. The wholesale cost of the treatment, Jaypirca, will be $21,000 per 30 days for the 200 mg dose, the US drugmaker told Reuters. The Food and Drug …
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