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PARIS (Reuters) – A free climber known as the “French Spiderman” scaled a 38-storey skyscraper in Paris on Wednesday to demonstrate his support for protesters angry about a pension law that will delay the age at which people can retire in France. Alain Robert, 60, climbs without a harness, using only his bare hands and a pair of climbing shoes. “I’m here to show my support for those who oppose […]

By Akash Sriram and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) – Tesla Inc on Wednesday posted its lowest quarterly gross margin in two years, missing market estimates as it grappled with aggressive price cuts meant to spur demand in a sagging economy and fend off rising competition. The electric-vehicle maker has slashed prices several times in the United States, China and other markets since late last year, as CEO Elon Musk said Tesla […]

By Akash Sriram and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) -Tesla Inc on Wednesday posted its lowest quarterly gross margin in two years, missing market estimates as it grappled with aggressive price cuts meant to spur demand in a sagging economy and fend off rising competition. The electric-vehicle maker has slashed prices several times in the United States, China and other markets since late last year, as CEO Elon Musk said Tesla could […]

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former employee at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent confidential records relating to hundreds of thousands of consumers and several financial institutions to their personal email account, the agency said on Wednesday. The bureau found personally identifiable information relating to customers of seven institutions that had been forwarded by a staffer who is no longer employed at the CFPB, it said in a […]

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will tell Colombian President Gustavo Petro in White House talks on Thursday that he is willing to further ease sanctions on Venezuela only in return for concrete steps toward free elections there, a senior administration official told Reuters. Previewing the leaders’ first meeting, the official said Biden would reiterate to Petro, who has called for lifting sanctions on Venezuela, that he […]

By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -Las Vegas Sands Corp on Wednesday reported quarterly revenue that surpassed Wall Street estimates as March visitation levels accelerated gaming volumes, retail sales and hotel occupancy. The Las Vegas-based casino operator said traffic is rebounding in Singapore and Macao, and it expects further improvement in travel and tourism spending from China and Hong Kong as airline and ferry capacity rebounds. Shares of the casino […]

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former prosecutor who once led the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation into former U.S. President Donald Trump must testify before a congressional committee, a U.S. judge held on Wednesday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat who got Trump indicted in the first ever criminal charges against a former president, last week sued Republican Representative Jim Jordan to block a subpoena for testimony […]

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former employee at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent confidential records relating to hundreds of thousands of consumers and several financial institutions to their personal email account, the agency said on Wednesday. The bureau found personally identifiable information relating to customers of seven institutions that had been forwarded by a staffer who is no longer employed at the CFPB, it said in a […]

By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Officials with soccer’s international governing body FIFA criticized Canada’s decision not to recognize documents FIFA and a Canadian senator had given to female athletes and others who were scrambling to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban took over in 2021. Canada refused to accept “visa facilitation letters” FIFA and Canadian Senator Marilou McPhedran handed out based on a template provided by a Canadian Department […]