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Tkachuk sends Panthers to Stanley Cup Final, after topping Hurricanes 4-3 for sweep SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal with 4.9 seconds left, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots to cap off a brilliant series, and the Florida Panthers earned their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 27 years by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 to win the Eastern Conference title in a sweep. Tkachuk’s […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Ron DeSantis ’ entry into the 2024 White House race against former President Donald Trump sets up a clash of the Republican Party’s two leading figures as the Florida governor attempts to topple a man who has dominated the GOP for the last seven years. Trump, who has established himself as the clear front-runner for the Republican nomination, has spent the months since he launched his […]

The unofficial start of the summer travel season is here, with airlines hoping to avoid the chaos of last year and travelers scrounging for ways to save a few bucks on pricey airfares and hotel rooms. Some travelers say they will settle for fewer trips than they hoped to take, or they will drive instead of fly. Others are finding different money-saving sacrifices. Stephanie Hanrahan thought she’d save money by […]

Israeli Spies Targeted People With Ties to Iran, Turkish Media Reports Experts are divided as to the credibility of the report, with skeptics saying it might be an attempt to drum up support for Erdoğan ahead of the election By Kristina Jovanovski/The Media Line An alleged Israeli spy ring targeting people with ties to Iran is Turkey’s latest espionage accusation against its renewed ally. The pro-government Daily Sabah newspaper reported […]

By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Nasdaq-listed Yandex on Thursday said it had received proposals from a number of investors for stakes in its Russia-based businesses, as it progresses a restructuring process that will see the company spin-off some assets. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yandex, while not itself under sanctions, has struggled to balance domestic pressure with the interests of its Western investors, and is now divesting its […]

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s financial regulator on Thursday suspended trading in shares of Grupo SURA, Grupo Argos and Grupo Nutresa, after top shareholders in the companies announced negotiations to make changes to their respective participations in the companies. Grupo Gilinski, a conglomerate owned by Jaime Gilinski, one of Colombia’s richest men, had over the past year and a half acquired stakes in both Nutresa and Grupo SURA alongside Arab partners […]

(Reuters) – MetLife Inc said on Thursday it had signed a $19.20 billion reinsurance deal with retirement and life insurance firm Global Atlantic, and boosted its stock buyback programme to $4 billion. Shares of the insurer rose 1.7% in premarket trade as it increased its repurchase programme by $1 billion after saying earlier this month that it would buyback shares worth $3 billion. MetLife first-quarter profit missed Wall street estimates […]

(Reuters) – First Republic Bank was paying dozens of employees more than $10 million apiece annually in the heyday before its collapse, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Earlier this month, JPMorgan Chase & Co agreed to pay $10.6 billion to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC), to take control of most of First Republic’s assets, in a deal to resolve the largest U.S. bank […]

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – UBS on Thursday won unconditional EU antitrust approval to acquire Credit Suisse as part of a government-orchestrated rescue of its Swiss rival. The European Commission said the deal would not raise competition concerns in Europe, confirming a Reuters story earlier this month. “The combined entity will continue facing significant competitive pressure from a wide range of competitors in all of those markets, including […]