Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thai PM vows new gun law after deadly school shooting
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Within hours of a shooting rampage on the outskirts of Bangkok that left at least eight dead, Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Friday vowe...
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De La Espriella to take office as Colombia president on pledges of security crackdown
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Right-wing lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella is set to be sworn in as Colombia's new president on Friday after pledging a hard line on security, drug traff...
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Congolese authorities hand over 15 prisoners to M23 rebels
(Corrects ICRC statement in 3rd bullet point) BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo authorities released 15 prisoners and handed them over to rebels from...
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Levi Strauss reveals cybersecurity breach amid wider wave of attacks
Aug 7 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss on Friday disclosed a recent cybersecurity incident in which an unauthorized third party gained access to the company's systems through a social engineering attack targe...
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Cloudflare shares jump after forecast raise on higher AI-driven spending
Aug 7 (Reuters) - Cloudflare shares rose 16% before the bell on Friday after the cloud services firm raised its annual forecasts, betting that growing enterprise spending on AI infrastructure would dr...
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Morning Bid: Dealjà vu
By Anna Szymanski August 7 (Reuters) - Your weekly market recap, with reading, watching and listening recommendations from the ROI team From the Editor Tech earnings hogged the spotlight this week, as...
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Salad chain Sweetgreen shares slide as cyclosporiasis fears prompt forecast cut
Aug 7 (Reuters) - Shares of Sweetgreen slumped 15% in premarket trading on Friday, a day after the salad chain slashed its annual same-store-sales projections as consumers grew wary of fresh produce a...
Thomson Reuters 18h ago
Trump nominee Todd Blanche clears major hurdle in bid to become attorney general
By Andrew Goudsward and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Republican Senator Bill Cassidy said on Friday he would back Todd Blanche for attorney general, clearing a path for Donald Tru...
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Dream Finders to buy Beazer Homes in $2.2-billion deal
Aug 7 (Reuters) - Dream Finders Homes said on Friday it would acquire peer Beazer Homes in an all-cash deal worth about $2.2 billion, including debt, as it looks to scale up and become the sixth-large...
Thomson Reuters 18h ago
US equity funds see outflows as investors take profits ahead of jobs data
Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds recorded outflows in the week to August 5 as some investors cashed in gains after a record-setting market rally and awaited Friday's July jobs report, a key input f...
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