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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -E-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc and its former largest investor, Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc, on Monday settled claims by the state of Minnesota that accused them of fueling teen vaping addiction. The settlement was announced by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and by Juul as a trial in the case, which had kicked off in late March, was nearing its end. It is the latest […]

By Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government has awarded an advisory mandate worth up to 8.7 million Swiss francs ($9.70 million) to Alvarez & Marsal Switzerland, linked to the rescue of Credit Suisse, according to state procurement platform Simap.ch on Monday. Swiss authorities last month engineered a takeover of struggling Credit Suisse by rival UBS that included over 200 billion francs in financial guarantees. As part of the […]

(Reuters) – Kenyan Evans Chebet retained his Boston Marathon title on Monday, overcoming a talented men’s field in two hours, five minutes and 54 seconds, as two-times Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge failed to reach the podium. Tanzanian Gabriel Geay finished 10 seconds behind Chebet while Kenya’s Benson Kipruto, the champion in 2021, took third in 2:06:06. Chebet, who also won in New York last year, made his break after the […]

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -E-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc and its former largest investor, Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc, on Monday settled claims by the state of Minnesota that accused them of fueling teen vaping addiction. The settlement was announced by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and by Juul as a trial in the case, which had kicked off in late March, was nearing its end. It is the latest […]

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global stocks edged lower for a second straight session but remained near two-month highs on Monday ahead of another round of corporate earnings results, while the dollar and U.S. Treasuries rose on increasing expectations for another rate hike from the Federal Reserve in May. After the first wave of bank earnings last week from names such as JP Morgan and […]

Free agent offensive lineman Matt Feiler signed with the Buccaneers after being released by the Chargers last season. Feiler made 33 total starts in two seasons with Los Angeles. The 30-year-old was undrafted in 2014 and signed with the Houston Texans before spending four seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He has 73 career starts in 78 games and could slide into the guard spot Tampa left vacant after trading Shaq […]

(Refiles to correct typo in headline from collar to dollar) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -A gauge of global stocks edged lower for a second straight session but remained near two-month highs on Monday ahead of another round of corporate earnings results, while the dollar and U.S. Treasuries rose on increasing expectations for another rate hike from the Federal Reserve in May. After the first wave of bank earnings […]

By Horacio Soria and Juan Carlos Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine, fighting one of its worst outbreaks of dengue in recent years, is sterilizing mosquitoes using radiation that alters their DNA before releasing them into the wild. The South American country has this year recorded over 41,000 cases of the disease transmitted by mosquitoes, far above the equivalent level in previous years of major outbreaks in 2020 and 2016, […]

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is running again, he and White House officials insist, he’s just not ready to announce it yet. The expected date for Biden, 80, to make his 2024 presidential plans official has slipped from just after the State of the Union address in February to March, to potentially May or even later, according to aides and advisers. Biden trails recent Democratic […]