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Labour Says It Will Renationalise The Railways Within Five Years Of Winning Power
The pledge will form a central part of the party's election manifesto.
- Reuters
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks hit by tech slide; yen flails at intervention zone
Asian stocks fell on Thursday as disappointing earnings forecasts from Facebook parent Meta Platforms hammered tech shares, while the yen's slump past 155 per dollar for the first time since 1990 raised the spectre of intervention from Tokyo. A 15% dive in shares of Meta in extended trading after the Instagram parent forecast lighter-than-expected current quarter revenue and higher expenses soured the mood, sparking a sell-off in U.S. tech and tech-related stocks. The hit to Asian tech stocks took MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 0.5%.
- Reuters
PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - April 25
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the giant cryptocurrency exchange Binance, should go to prison for three years after breaking the law "on an unprecedented scale" and pleading guilty to a money-laundering violation, federal prosecutors wrote in a court filing on Wednesday. - A group of seven leading solar manufacturers filed trade complaints with the Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday formally requesting that the Biden administration impose tariffs on solar products being exported from Southeast Asia into the United States. - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the sale of an antibiotic, Pivmecillinam for the treatment of urinary tract infections in women, giving U.S. health providers a powerful new tool to combat a common infection that is increasingly unresponsive to the existing suite of antimicrobial drugs.
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Q1 2024 United Community Banks Inc Earnings Call
Q1 2024 United Community Banks Inc Earnings Call
- The Independent
Spanish prime minister on brink of resigning over wife’s corruption scandal
PM denies allegations against his wife but says they will cooperate with investigation and defend her innocence
- Thomson Reuters StreetEvents
Q1 2024 Highwoods Properties Inc Earnings Call
Q1 2024 Highwoods Properties Inc Earnings Call
- Thomson Reuters StreetEvents
Q1 2024 Mr Cooper Group Inc Earnings Call
Q1 2024 Mr Cooper Group Inc Earnings Call
- The Telegraph
Police clash with pro-Palestine protesters on college campuses in California and Texas
Police arrested dozens of protesters in California and Texas and Wednesday night as pro-Palestine protests continue to spread across the US.
- Reuters
North Macedonia's opposition rightist leads ahead of May 8 presidential poll runoff
North Macedonian presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova held a big lead over incumbent Stevo Pendarovski with votes counted from 99.03% of polling stations on Thursday, but both were short of the 50% backing needed to win outright. Siljanovska-Davkova of the rightist VMRO-DPMNE had 40.08% of votes while pro-European Pendarovski, who has the support of the Social Democratic party, stood at 19.93%, the State Election Commission said.
- The Independent
Israel-Gaza – live: ‘Extreme force’ unleashed by Israeli forces as calls grow for mass graves investigation
UN says it is reviewing claims of more than 300 bodies discovered at two burial sites
- Yahoo News Singapore
Are Singaporeans being seduced by AI influencers?
While the overwhelming majority of IG and TikTok content now stars actual people, this lead will be chipped away aggressively, says contributor Kathirgugan.
- HuffPost
Jimmy Kimmel Reveals His 'Weird Relationship' With Trump's Most Unhinged Supporter
The late-night host even sent him a wedding gift.
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Dawn services held in Australia, NZ and Papua New Guinea to mark Anzac Day
Dawn services held in Australia, NZ and Papua New Guinea to mark Anzac Day
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Cameron denies suggesting Brexit to blame for no asylum returns deal with France
The Foreign Secretary defended the controversial plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda as ‘the right one’.
- The Canadian Press
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 33 points lead Thunder past Pelicans 124-92 as OKC takes a 2-0 lead
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Just a few days ago, the Oklahoma City Thunder looked like a young team struggling through their first playoff game together. On Wednesday night, they looked like grizzled playoff veterans. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and the top-seeded Thunder beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-92 to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series. Gilgeous-Alexander said the Thunder remained focused instead of worrying about outside issues such as other h
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Q1 2024 Otis Worldwide Corp Earnings Call
Q1 2024 Otis Worldwide Corp Earnings Call
- KNXV - Phoenix Scripps
Arizona House votes to repeal state's 1864 abortion ban
In a vote of 32-28, the Arizona House has voted to repeal the state's abortion ban statute. Three Republicans, Matthew Gress, Justin Wilmeth, and Tim Dunn, joined with all House Democrats in voting yes Wednesday afternoon.
- Reuters
BNP Paribas profit tops estimates on lower costs and global banking
BNP Paribas reported a fall in first-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday but beat analyst forecasts, as lower expenses and a strong performance in its corporate banking business offset flat or falling revenues elsewhere. The euro zone's biggest bank said group net income over the first three months of the year declined by 2.2% from a year earlier to 3.10 billion euros ($3.31 billion), beating the 2.4 billion-euro average of 19 analyst estimates compiled by the company. Revenues over the period came in at 12.5 billion euros, down 0.4% but also above the average analyst estimate of 12.2 billion euros.
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Q1 2024 Nanophase Technologies Corp Earnings Call
Q1 2024 Nanophase Technologies Corp Earnings Call