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By Radhika Anilkumar (Reuters) -Britons’ taste for cocktails, Welsh vodka and real ale helped pubs group J D Wetherspoon return to profit in the first half of its financial year, boosting its shares. Wetherspoon was “cautiously optimistic” on its outlook for the year ahead despite high inflation, which has pushed up labour, food and energy costs for British pubs and restaurants. The company’s shares rose as much as 12% to […]

By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When Cassidy Jacobson was 13 years old, she posted a video of herself dancing on the popular app TikTok. Little did she know then that six years later her Casssidy_J account would have 1.5 million followers on the short-form video platform with fans drawn to her love of dance and hair care. Jacobson dreams of using her success on TikTok […]

By Radhika Anilkumar (Reuters) -Britons’ taste for cocktails, Welsh vodka and real ale helped pubs group J D Wetherspoon return to profit in the first half of its financial year, boosting its shares. Wetherspoon was “cautiously optimistic” on its outlook for the year ahead despite high inflation, which has pushed up labour, food and energy costs for British pubs and restaurants. The company’s shares rose as much as 12% to […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday announced further sanctions against Myanmar, targeting people and entities tied to Myanmar’s military as Washington seeks to increase pressure on the ruling junta following the 2021 coup. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on two people and six entities connected to Myanmar’s military that Washington accused of enabling its continuing atrocities, including through the import, storage and […]

(Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will return to Brazil on March 30, his Liberal Party confirmed via social media on Friday, following more than three months of self-imposed exile in the United States after losing his re-election bid. “Our national president, Valdemar Costa Neto, confirms to everyone that Jair Bolsonaro will return to Brazil on March 30. Bolsonaro will disembark in Brasilia at 7:30 a.m.,” the Liberal Party […]

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Banking stocks fell sharply again on Friday, with European giants Deutsche Bank and UBS knocked by worries that regulators and central banks have not yet contained the worst shock to the sector since the 2008 global financial crisis. The S&P 500 Banks Index was 1.5% lower and wider indicators of financial market stress were also flashing warning signs. The euro fell against the dollar, bond yields […]

By Chris Prentice and Hannah Lang NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Coinbase debuted on the U.S. stock market on April 14, 2021 – the same day U.S. senators confirmed Gary Gensler to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the country’s top markets regulator. Gensler, who has called the crypto sector a “Wild West” riddled with fraud, is now embroiled in a battle with the world’s largest publicly-traded crypto firm over […]

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ted Hesson TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada and the United States have reached a deal to return asylum seekers who cross the border via unofficial crossings, Canadian and U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, marking a major development at a time of record irregular crossings into Canada. WHAT IS IN THE DEAL? The deal will allow either country to return asylum seekers who cross the border irregularly, […]

By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer said the focus of its drug research would shift away from women’s health, a traditional pillar of Germany’s largest drugmaker, to hone in on neurology, rare diseases and immunology. “When it comes to research and the subsequent clinical phases, we will no longer have an explicit focus on women’s health,” the head of Bayer’s pharmaceuticals unit, Stefan Oelrich, told Reuters […]