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U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Advanced Drainage Systems, Assurant, Chipotle Mexican Grill
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S.-listed companies, including Advanced Drainage Systems, Assurant and Chipotle Mexican Grill, on Tuesday. HIGHLIGHTS* Advanced Drainage Systems Inc WMS.N: Stephens raises target price to $145 fr...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Ukraine will not pull its forces out of Donbas, Zelenskiy says
KYIV, Aug 12 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he would reject any Russian proposal to pull Ukrainian troops out of the eastern Donbas region as it would deprive Kyiv of defensive lines and open the way for Moscow to conduct further offensives. The Ukrainian leader told rep...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Putin holds call with North Korea's Kim, discusses U.S.-Russia talks, Kremlin says
MOSCOW, Aug 12 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and updated him on planned talks the Russian leader will hold in Alaska on Friday with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
UK's Assura shareholders back PHP's bid over KKR's cash offer
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Primary Health Properties PHP.L said on Tuesday it had secured acceptances for 62.9% of Assura AGRP.L shares in its takeover bid for the British healthcare real estate investor, a rare show of investor support in the UK markets amid a wave of private equity buyouts in the recent p...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Lavrov, Rubio hold call on Alaska summit, Russia says
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed by phone on Tuesday preparations for a summit on Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.In a statement posted on Telegram, Russia's Forei...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
BREAKINGVIEWS-Yawing US airline betrays antitrust rudder limits
By Jonathan GuilfordNEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Like airplane pilots, trustbusters have important gauges to check, including whether a seller can achieve sufficient altitude. Discount carrier Spirit Aviation FLYY.A warned of “substantial doubt” about its survival mere months after em...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Cenovus Energy in talks to acquire stake in MEG Energy, Bloomberg News reports
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Cenovus Energy CVE.TO is in talks with with Indigenous groups in Canada to jointly buy a stake in MEG Energy MEG.TO worth C$2 Billion ($1.45 billion), Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the discussions.Cenovus Energy did not immediately respond to Reut...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Mexico Congress to consider official for deputy finance minister
MEXICO CITY, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has nominated Maria del Carmen Bonilla to serve as deputy finance minister, a congressional committee agenda seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed. The committee will consider Bonilla's nomination in a Wednesday hearing, accoring to...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Mothers of Gaza hostages fear Israeli offensive will endanger their sons
By Emma Farge GENEVA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Mothers of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, including one who appeared emaciated in a recent Hamas video, voiced fears on Tuesday that a planned Israeli offensive could further endanger their sons' lives due to the risk of reprisals.Israel plans a much-c...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Russia has won war in Ukraine, Hungary's Orban says
BUDAPEST, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Russia has won the war in Ukraine, right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday.In power since 2010, Orban has been criticised by some European ...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Canada's Indigenous Groups Are In Talks With Cenovus About Taking A C$2 Billion Stake In Meg Energy - Bloomberg News
Aug 12 (Reuters) - CANADA'S INDIGENIOUS GROUPS ARE IN TALKS WITH CENOVUS ABOUT TAKING A C$2 BILLION STAKE IN MEG ENERGY - BLOOMBERG NEWSSource text: [https://tinyurl.com/4pzp6y3a]Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Trump rebukes Goldman's Solomon and bank's economics research on tariff impact
Aug 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday consumers are not paying the costs of tariffs, countering a recent Goldman Sachs' GS.N research division estimate that they had absorbed 22% of the costs through June."It has been shown that for the most part, consumers aren'...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
What deal might emerge from Trump-Putin summit and could it hold?
Aug 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss a possible deal to end the war in Ukraine when they meet on Friday in Alaska for a summit that is also likely to affect wider European security.European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
China cautions tech firms over Nvidia H20 AI chip purchases, sources say
Baidu, ByteDance, Tencent quizzed over their needs for H20 chip, sources sayChinese regulators say concerned over information risks - sourcesMove likely to complicate Nvidia efforts to boost China salesNvidia says H20 not military or government productU.S. lifted ban on H20 sale in China last month ...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
Ukrainian troops doubt quick ceasefire, reject territorial concessions
Trump and Putin due to meet in Alaska on Aug 15Russian troops make sudden thrust into eastern UkrainePoll shows 69% of Ukrainians favour negotiated end to the warUkraine rejects abandoning territoryTroops see little chance of quick ceasefireBy Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine, Aug 12 (Reute...Reuters
Tue, Aug 12
