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Verisign's fourth-quarter revenue rises 4% on steady demand for new domain names
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Internet services company VeriSign VRSN.O reported a 3.9% rise in fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday, fueled by steady demand for domain registrations as businesses amplify their online presence, sending its shares 1% higher in extended trading.An increasing number of businesses ar...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
Principal Financial's Q4 profit climbs on strength in specialty benefits business
Feb 6 (Reuters) - Principal Financial Group PFG.O reported an increase in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by higher premiums and fees in its specialty benefits business.The Des Moines, Iowa-based company's premium and fees from its specialty benefits business, which provides employee b...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
Judge orders overnight pause on potential naming of January 6 FBI agents
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered a brief pause on any public release of the identifies of FBI employees who worked on probes into the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters following a legal challenge by a group of FBI agents.U.S. Distric...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
Health Rounds: Vaccine shows promise against advanced kidney cancer
Health Rounds is published on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also subscribe here.By Nancy LapidFeb 6 (Reuters) - Hello, Health Rounds Readers! Today we feature a very early-stage clinical trial that has achieved ...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
CORRECTED-Fortinet projects annual revenue above estimates
Corrects headline to say annual revenue, not quarterly revenueFeb 6 (Reuters) - Fortinet FTNT.O forecast its full-year revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as clients turn to its cybersecurity products to protect their digital operations from rising online threats.The cybersecurity firm ...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
Trump administration keeping only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration plans to keep fewer than 300 staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development out of the agency's worldwide total of more than 10,000, four sources told Reuters on Thursday.Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
EXCLUSIVE-Trump's Paris delegation to not include AI Safety Institute staff, sources say
Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. delegation to a major artificial intelligence summit in Paris next week will not include technical staff from the country's AI Safety Institute, two people close to Washington's plans for the event and a third source briefed on the matter told Reuters.The AI Safety...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
BRIEF-Brazil's CCR posts Q4 adjusted net profit of 360 mln reais (LSEG poll 359.9 mln reais)
Feb 6 (Reuters) - CCR SA CCRO3.SA:REPORTS Q4 ADJUSTED NET PROFIT OF 360 MILLION REAIS (LSEG POLL 359.9 MILLION REAIS)REPORTS Q4 ADJUSTED EBITDA OF 2 BILLION REAIS (LSEG POLL 2.2 BILLION REAIS)Source text: ID:nBVS1w67RaFurther company coverage: CCRO3.SAReuters
Thu, Feb 6
TSA says airport security personnel excluded from buyout offer
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said its 65,000-member workforce is exempt from a Trump administration offer to quit jobs in exchange for pay and benefits through September 30.The TSA screened 904 million passengers in 2024, which was a record high and a...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
TREASURIES-US yields rise as bond market steadies ahead of payrolls
US jobless claims rise in latest weekUS productivity slows in Q4US rate futures price in 46 bps of easing in 2025US 2/10 yield curve hits flattest since December 23Adds comment, graphic; updates pricesBy Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields edged higher on Thu...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
THE DAY AHEAD-North America, February 7
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Thu, Feb 6
US seizes Venezuelan government plane in Dominican Republic
Adds context on sanctions in paragraphs 8 and 10By Simon Lewis SANTO DOMINGO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday oversaw the seizure of a Venezuelan government plane in the Dominican Republic.U.S. authorities had "determined that there is a basis to file a civil...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
US sues Illinois and Chicago for impeding Trump immigration crackdown
Refiles to fix spelling in paragraph 12State prevents assisting US civil immigration enforcementTrump declared national emergency on illegal immigrationLawsuit cites U.S. Constitution's "supremacy clause" By Tom Hals Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued the state of Illi...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
Halt in U.S. aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger
Updates to note that after the story appeared, the U.S. government rescinded stop-work orders it had issued to two makers of nutrition supplements for malnourished children.500,000 tons of U.S. food aid in limbo in transit or storage - ex-USAID officialAid organizations hobbled by loss of hunger mon...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
About 60,000 US federal employees take buyout offer, source says
Feb 6 (Reuters) - About 60,000 U.S. federal employees have accepted a buyout offer from President Donald Trump's administration, a source told Reuters on Thursday, ahead of a deadline that has been pushed back to at least Monday.Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
SEC lawyers exempt from Trump list request in possible firing reprieve, memo says
By Chris Prentice, Douglas Gillison and Lawrence Delevingne NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyers may be exempt from a demand from the Trump administration to send it a list of staff who are still on probation, according to a memo seen by Reuters, in a sign t...Reuters
Thu, Feb 6
