Exclusive-Elliott Now Owns Enough of Southwest Airlines to Call Special Meeting
Sept. 2 By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Elliott Investment Management now holds 10% of Southwest Airlines’ common stock, crossing the threshold that allows the hedge fund to call a special meeting at the carrier, according to a person familiar with the matter. The…
Brazil Top Court Justices to Vote on Monday on X Ban
Sept. 1 By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter BRASILIA (Reuters) – A five-member panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court will vote on Monday whether to uphold Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ ruling to shut down social media platform X in the country. Moraes, whom X owner Elon…
Fake Cows Ready for Milking at US State Fairs as Bird Flu Threat Looms
Aug. 31 By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin (Reuters) – In Michigan this year, where dairy workers and herds have fallen ill from bird flu, a pair of unlikely prized cows are being prepped to take the state fair stage. State fair…
Bird Flu Infects California Dairy Cows, Widening US Outbreak
Aug. 30 By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cows at three dairy farms in California, the top U.S. milk-producing state, tested positive for bird flu, the state’s agriculture department said on Friday. The infections expand a U.S. outbreak of the H5N1 virus in dairy cattle…
Vanuatu Ancestral Relics, Trafficked as Art to New York, Return Home With FBI Escort
Aug. 29 By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – When a crate escorted by the FBI from New York was opened this week at the national museum of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, Kaitip Kami instantly recognised the statue inside. It incorporated the skull of a…
US Surgeon General Calls Parent Stress a Public Health Challenge
Aug. 28 By Jeff Mason (Reuters) – The U.S. surgeon general on Wednesday issued a public health advisory about the impact of modern stresses on parents’ mental health, calling on government, businesses and community organizations to increase resources to provide them more support. The advisory…
Japan PM Kishida to Hold Ministerial Meeting on Tepco Nuclear Plant Restart
Aug. 27 By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday the relevant ministers will meet next week to discuss steps needed to secure local consent for restarting Tokyo Electric Power’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. Last December, the national nuclear…
Nvidia Sales Likely Doubled – Even That May Not Impress Investors
Aug. 26 By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) – Nvidia is likely to report on Wednesday that its second-quarter revenue more than doubled. But investors used to its blockbuster results will be expecting even more from the artificial intelligence chip giant. A beat or a miss on…
Canadian Rail Decision Is a Win for Companies, Union Leader Says
Aug. 25 By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) -A decision obliging more than 9,000 Canadian rail workers to stay on the job is a win for the railways and could impact bargaining in other federally regulated sectors like aviation, the head of a Canadian rail workers’…
Canada Labor Board Orders End to Railway Work Stoppage
Aug. 24 By Allison Lampert in Montreal MONTREAL (Reuters) -The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered on Saturday a halt to work stoppages at the country’s largest railways, signaling an end to an unprecedented service disruption at both main freight rail carriers that threatened to hammer…
Anthropic Says California AI Bill’s Benefits Likely Outweigh Costs
Aug. 23 By Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru (Reuters) – The benefits of California’s revised bill that seeks to regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in the state likely outweigh the costs, Anthropic said on Thursday. San Francisco-based Anthropic is a rival to ChatGPT-maker…
Analysis-Rise in Election Talk From US Execs Highlights Policy Uncertainty
Aug. 22 By Medha Singh (Reuters) – U.S. company executives are talking much more about the upcoming presidential election than they did four years ago as a wider policy rift between candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump raises questions around taxes, tariffs and pricing power….