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Alpine skiing-Italy take first gold of Saalbach championships
Adds detailSAALBACH, Austria, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Italy won the first gold medal of the 2025 Alpine ski world championships on Tuesday after beating Switzerland in the final of the mixed team parallel event in the Austrian resort of Saalbach.Sweden completed the podium after beating 2023 champions the...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
BREAKINGVIEWS-TikTok has a simple exit from US ban maze
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are her own.By Jennifer Saba NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The TikTok ban-or-sell drama is an algorithm stuck in a loop. First U.S. President Donald Trump, then his successor Joe Biden, pushed to ban the social m...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
Republicans rally around Trump intel nominee Gabbard before committee vote
Republicans get in line to support Trump nomineesGabbard's lack of intel experience had raised concernsPanel vote likely to be close as Democrats oppose herBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Republican senators rallied around former Representative Tulsi Gabbard's nominatio...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
Donald Trump Jr. accused of illegal duck hunting near Venice
Adds statement by Trump Jr's spokesman in paragraphs 8-9By Alvise ArmelliniROME, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, broke Italian and European Union environmental protection laws when he hunted ducks near Venice in December, according to two Italia...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
FBI agents sue Justice Dept to protect identities of Jan. 6 agents, filing says
By Sarah N. Lynch and Andrew GoudswardWASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - An anonymous group of FBI agents and employees on Tuesday took the unusual step of suing the U.S. Justice Department, in a bid to prevent President Donald Trump and his allies from publicly disseminating a list of names of all the b...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
BRIEF-Mersen Signs Us Private Placement of $100 Mln, EUR 90 Mln Tranches
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Mersen SA CBLP.PA:SIGNS US PRIVATE PLACEMENT WITH NORTH AMERICAN INVESTORSFINANCING CONSISTS OF A $100 MILLION TRANCHE MATURING IN 10 YEARS, AND A EUR 90 MILLION TRANCHE MATURING IN 7 YEARSSource text: https://tinyurl.com/yc43nzn9 Further company coverage: CBLP.PAReuters
Tue, Feb 4
Ukraine reports top-level contacts with Trump administration aides
Adds quotes, context KYIV, Feb 4 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday his team spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser and his top envoy on the war in Ukraine this week, and that they were working to arrange a visit by a U.S. delegation.Kyiv has...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
U.S. federal resignations surge ahead of Trump's deadline, media reports say
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Over 20,000 U.S. federal employees, roughly 1% of the government workforce, have signed up for an offer to quit their jobs and continue receiving their salaries through the end of September, media reports said on Tuesday.Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
UN Human Rights Council to hold emergency session on Congo
Recasts with confirmation, adds detail throughout GENEVA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the situation in the eastern Congo city of Goma after it was seized by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, a U.N. statement said.The rebels last week captured reg...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
CNH Industrial forecasts lower 2025 profit, expects demand rebound by next year
Adds analyst comment in paragraph 10, updates sharesBy Abhinav ParmarFeb 4 (Reuters) - CNH Industrial CNH.N on Tuesday forecast full-year profit below Wall Street's estimates, and said it expects weak demand for farm equipments to bottom out by the year-end, before picking up in 2026. The Basil...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
BRIEF-Robinhood Receives Formal Request From CFTC To Roll Back Pro Football Championship Market
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc HOOD.O:ROBINHOOD RECEIVES FORMAL REQUEST FROM THE CFTC TO ROLL BACK THE PRO FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MARKETROBINHOOD MARKETS: CFTC FORMALLY REQUESTED THAT ROBINHOOD DERIVATIVES, LLC “NOT PERMIT CUSTOMERS TO ACCESS” SPORTS EVENT CONTRACTSROBINHOOD MARKETS: "WE...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
Robinhood receives US CFTC request to roll back Super Bowl prediction contracts
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Robinhood said on Tuesday it had received a formal request from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to roll back its Super Bowl betting contracts product. The trading platform had launched the event contracts on Monday to let U.S. customers wager on the outcome of the Su...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
Elon Musk and OpenAI head to court to spar over nonprofit conversion
Musk sues to block OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit structureMusk cofounded OpenAI with Altman in 2015OpenAI argues for-profit move needed for capitalNonprofit to for-profit conversion rare, expert says OAKLAND, Calif., Feb 4 (Reuters) - - Lawyers for Elon Musk and ChatGPT maker OpenAI are...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
Layoffs likely if too few US government employees quit, report says
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Layoffs of federal workers would be "likely" if too few employees quit under the White House's deferred resignation program, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing a memo from a General Services Administration official. The White House last week offered 2 milli...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
US Democrats push legislation to 'fight back' against Trump policies
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. congressional leaders will push legislation this week to "prevent unlawful meddling" by the newly created Department of Government Efficiency in the Treasury Department payroll system, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday.Billio...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
Rubio says US will study 'very generous' El Salvador offer on jails
SAN JOSE, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday called an offer by El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to house dangerous criminals from the United States in his country's jails "very generous" and said the Trump administration would have to study it.Rubio...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
Fed ends two regulatory punishments imposed on Wells Fargo in 2011
Adds context on asset cap, stock performance in paragraphs 7, 10-11By Pete Schroeder, Nupur Anand WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve announced on Tuesday it had terminated a pair of enforcement actions imposed on Wells Fargo WFC.N in 2011, but said the bank's asset cap remained...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
General Motors acquires full ownership of Cruise autonomous business
By Kalea Hall DETROIT, Feb 4 (Reuters) - General Motors GM.N has finalized the complete acquisition of its Cruise autonomous vehicle unit to focus on developing the technology for personal vehicles instead of on robotaxis, the company announced on Tuesday. GM in December said it would halt fundin...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
Trump and China's Xi will not speak on Tuesday, Wall Street Journal reports.
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will not speak on Tuesday, a U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal, contrary to what trade adviser Peter Navarro said earlier in the day.Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
Alpine skiing-Italy take first gold of Saalbach championships
SAALBACH, Austria, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Italy won the first gold medal of the 2025 Alpine ski world championships on Tuesday after beating Switzerland in the final of the mixed team parallel event in the Austrian resort of Saalbach.Sweden completed the podium after beating 2023 champions the United Sta...Reuters
Tue, Feb 4
