(This May 23 story has been corrected to say that 6% of contract workers, not 60,000, lost their jobs, in the headline and paragraph 1) By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Nearly six percent of outsourced contract workers lost jobs in India’s information technology sector in the January-March period compared to the previous quarter …
By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares advanced on Thursday, led by fast moving consumer goods and realty stocks, while the ongoing U.S. debt talks weighed on sentiment and capped gains. The blue-chip Nifty 50 index closed 0.20% higher at 18,321.15, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.16% to 61,872.62. Both the benchmarks fell …
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By Evan Garcia and Steve Gorman UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -From a White House candlelight event to a butterfly release in Texas Hill Country, Americans paused on Wednesday to reflect on the 21 victims shot dead at an elementary school one year ago and the seemingly endless scourge of U.S. gun violence. President Joe Biden used …
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By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Western Australia state has agreed to compensate an Aboriginal group for historic acts including issuing mining leases on their traditional lands, setting a precedent that is set to allow Indigenous groups a greater say in future developments. The state has been strengthening its laws to protect Indigenous cultural heritage …
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By David Morgan, Andrea Shalal and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Negotiators for Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy held what both sides called productive talks on Wednesday to try to reach a deal to raise the United States’ $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default. After a four-hour White …
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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suffered a chaotic start to his 2024 presidential election race on Wednesday when glitches marred an online forum hosted by Twitter owner Elon Musk that was meant to showcase DeSantis’ fitness for the job. The Twitter broadcast of the hour-long interview , which had been intended …
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By Lewis Krauskopf, Shreyashi Sanyal and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes ended lower on Wednesday as talks between the White House and Republican representatives on raising the U.S. debt ceiling dragged on without a deal. The lack of progress on raising the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt limit ahead of a …
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By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC is reviewing a possible exit from as many as a dozen countries, or one in five of the markets it operates in, to sharpen its focus on Asian expansion, Chief Financial Officer Georges Elhedery told Reuters in his first interview since taking the role. The reviews follow pressure from …
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By Ross Colvin (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday he is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, joining former President Donald Trump in a growing list of Republicans seeking to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden. Here is a list of declared candidates and other potential 2024 hopefuls in both the Democratic and …
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Biocon Biologics closed the year to end-March with revenue on a trajectory towards $1 billion, its CEO said on Wednesday, helped by strong sales in the U.S. and Europe from the biosimilars business it bought last year from Viatris Inc. Biocon Biologics, which acquired the biosimilars business …
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