By Alicia Powell (Reuters) – From college hoops to a Russian jail cell, the life of basketball star Brittney Griner is being told in a new comic book from TidalWave Comics. Griner is part of the publisher’s Female Force series that celebrates women with inspirational stories. Griner was arrested on Feb. 17 at an airport …
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By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eight major media outlets on Thursday asked the U.S. judge overseeing Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal case to make public the names of two people who helped guarantee the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder’s $250 million bond. Saying the public interest “cannot be overstated,” lawyers for the outlets, …
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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. U.S. inflation data for December is in, and while market reaction was perhaps a little muted relative to recent releases and the hype surrounding it, the overriding message for investors was clear: keep calm and risk on. A …
(Reuters) – LendingClub Corp said on Thursday it has laid off 14% of its workforce, or 225 employees, joining several financial firms which cut costs as threats of a recession loom large. Tech firms and Wall Street titans have axed thousands of jobs recently to rein in expenses as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s hefty interest …
BUENOS AIRES, 12 ene (Reuters) – El Gobierno argentino convocará a sesiones extraordinarias del Congreso para discutir 27 proyectos diferentes, destacándose el del juicio político a los miembros de la Corte Suprema de Justicia (CSJN), dijo el jueves la vocera presidencial. En ronda de prensa, Gabriela Cerruti agregó que el período legislativo irá del 23 …
BOGOTÁ, 12 ene (Reuters) -La mayoría de las monedas de América Latina subieron el jueves en medio de la caída del dólar, luego que se conoció una baja de los precios al consumidor en Estados Unidos en diciembre por primera vez en más de dos años, aumentando la posibilidad de que la Reserva Federal reduzca …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German car company Volkswagen Group announced on Thursday promotions in its North American operations, CFO and COO Arno Antlitz posted on LinkedIn. Volkswagen of America President and CEO Pablo Di Si will take on the role of chairman of the company’s Mexican supervisory board, and Andrew Savvas, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer …
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(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery Inc is exploring a sale of its music library that could be valued at more than $1 billion, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company is looking for buyers for the music copyrights that it owns, according to the report, which added that the …
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By Steve Scherer and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Japan will send a delegation to meet with Canadian battery and mining companies early this year, while Canada is planning a trade mission to Japan later in October, the leaders of both countries announced on Thursday after meeting in Ottawa. As this year’s host of the Group …
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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks climbed on Thursday while longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar fell after a reading of consumer prices fed expectations the Federal Reserve may have leeway to scale back the size of future interest rate hikes. U.S consumer prices fell in December for …
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