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BREAKINGVIEWS-Obesity drug battle enters 'make it easy' stage
By Robert Cyran NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The obesity battle promises to be the pharmaceutical industry’s biggest ever. To succeed, drugs will have to evolve into pill form, making them easier to manufacture and expanding the volume of people willing to take them. Eli Lilly’s L...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
Trump: We will have a trade deal with China
April 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday said he expects to make a trade deal with China, though he offered no specifics or indications of how talks would get underway with the two superpowers at an apparent impasse.“Oh we’re going to make a deal," Trump said from the White House ...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
US politics newsletter - Onslaught
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - At the first press conference I attended with Donald Trump after his re-election, the then president-elect, holding court at his Mar-a-Lago estate, began musing about the changes between his first and second turn at power. “The biggest differ...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
US Treasury in talks with federal agencies to ease bank oversight, Bloomberg News says
April 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is hosting private meetings with federal and other bank agencies as a part of his expanded effort to streamline oversight and coordinate plans to ease regulation, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The Treasury Department will take the lea...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
CareTrust REIT Declares Care REIT Plc Acquisition Financial Terms As Final
April 17 (Reuters) - CareTrust Reit CTRE.N CARETRUST REIT - CARETRUST AND BIDCO DECLARE ACQUISITION FINANCIAL TERMS FINAL CARETRUST REIT - CARETRUST AND BIDCO OFFER 108 PENCE PER CRT PLC SHARE CARETRUST REIT, INC. CARE REIT PLC - OFFER UPDATE AND NO INCREASE STATEMENTReuters
Thu, Apr 17
MP Materials Ceases Shipments Of Rare Earth Concentrate To China In Response To China's Retaliatory Tariffs & Export Controls
April 17 (Reuters) - Mp Materials Corp MP.N:MP MATERIALS ACCELERATES STRATEGY TO REINDUSTRIALIZE THE RARE EARTH SUPPLY CHAINMP MATERIALS CORP: CEASED SHIPMENTS OF RARE EARTH CONCENTRATE TO CHINAMP MATERIALS CORP: CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AND ARE STOCKPILING CONCENTRATE WHILE ACCELERATING DOWNSTREAM OPERA...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
Brazil's Petrobras cuts diesel prices to distributors
SAO PAULO, April 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras PETR4.SA will reduce the price of diesel sold to distributors by an average 0.12 real ($0.0205) per liter starting on Friday, it said in a statement on Thursday.The reduction comes with crude prices falling in recent weeks aft...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
EU's green push costs chemical firms more than $20 billion annually, says trade body
By Tanay Dhumal April 17 (Reuters) - The European Union's increasingly stringent environmental regulations are saddling global chemical companies with more than $20 billion in annual costs, according to the trade association, European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC). WHY IT'S IMPORTANT ...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
PREVIEW-US oilfield services firms brace for earnings as tariffs cloud outlook
By Vallari Srivastava April 17 (Reuters) - Results next week will likely provide a peek into how the world's top three oilfield services companies are navigating the uncertainty fueled by the on-again, off-again U.S. tariffs, as well as a recent slide in oil prices.President Donald Trump pro...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
Nvidia CEO stresses importance of China market in Beijing visit, Chinese state media reports
BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) - Nvidia NVDA.O CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday that China was a very important market for Nvidia after the U.S. imposed a ban on sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to the country."We hope to continue to cooperate with China," Huang said in a meetin...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
FACTBOX-Google's antitrust woes mount in US cases over search, apps, ads
April 17 (Reuters) - Alphabet's GOOGL.O Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a federal judge said on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech titan in an antitrust case brought by the U.S.The ruling could allow prosecutors to argue for a breakup of Google&#...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
Exclusive: Envelop Risk CUO Chatterjee exiting cyber reinsurance MGA after seven years
By James ThalerApril 17 - (The Insurer) – Envelop Risk’s chief underwriting officer Ari Chatterjee is exiting the UK-based cyber reinsurance MGA after seven years with the company, with the executive's role having been eliminated and with Chatterjee declining to take up an alternative post as gl...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
US airlines struggle to forecast their business in worsening economic fog
Trump's tariffs seen as self-inflicted industry challengeMixed economic signals complicate airlines' strategic decisionsAirlines cut costs by retiring older planes and reducing flightsCarriers wary of drastic measures to avoid losing market shareBy Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO, April 17 (Re...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
Ex-Harvard morgue manager charged with selling stolen body parts to plead guilty
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, April 17 (Reuters) - A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing and selling organs and other parts of cadavers donated to the school for medical research and education has agreed to plead guilty.Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard's morgue for mor...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
Wealth of Russia's richest people rises to record $625.5 billion
MOSCOW, April 17 (Reuters) - Russia's richest people saw their wealth rise by more than 8% to $625.5 billion over the past year, with at least 146 billionaires listed by the Forbes Russian-language list of the wealthiest people in Russia, the magazine said on Thursday.Vagit Alekperov, former bos...Reuters
Thu, Apr 17
