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Stock market today: Wall Street ticks higher after profit reports, heads for another winning week

Stocks are ticking higher following stronger profit reports than expected from several financial giants

2023-07-15 00:54

Putin wants to attend an August summit. Host country South Africa doesn't want to have to arrest him

South Africa's deputy president says Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit in South Africa next month but the country is trying to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his international arrest warrant

2023-07-15 00:45

China's Shein hit with lawsuit citing RICO violations, a law originally used against organized crime

China’s fast fashion retailer Shein is facing a lawsuit that claims the clothing maker’s copyright infringement is so aggressive, it amounts to racketeering

2023-07-14 22:55

UnitedHealth shares rally health care giant beats 2Q forecasts, eases care use concerns

UnitedHealth beat second-quarter expectations as an acquisition and more Medicare Advantage customers fueled revenue growth that balanced a jump in care use

2023-07-14 22:50

Serbia halts arms exports after US sanctioned the country's spy chief for alleged illegal arms trade

Serbia’s government has decided to ban arms export for 30 days just days after the United States imposed sanctions on the Balkan country’s intelligence chief over alleged involvement in criminal activities including illegal arms shipment

2023-07-14 22:29

German leader confident that a surging far-right party will shrink again before the next election

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed optimism that support for a far-right party that’s been surging in the polls lately will shrink to previous levels again by the time of the next national election in 2025

2023-07-14 21:55

UnitedHealth shares rebound after health care giant beats Street 2Q forecasts

UnitedHealth beat second-quarter expectations as an acquisition and more Medicare Advantage customers fueled revenue growth that balanced a jump in care use

2023-07-14 21:18

Microsoft gets more time from UK to plead case to buy video game maker Activision

British antitrust regulators have extended their deadline to issue a final order blocking Microsoft’s $69 billion plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard

2023-07-14 20:51

Putin says he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to stay as a single unit

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he offered mercenaries from the Wagner private military company the chance to keep serving as single unit under the same commander

2023-07-14 20:21

China criticizes German call for reducing dependency on Chinese products as 'protectionism'

China has criticized a German government call for reducing dependency on Chinese products as a form of protectionism

2023-07-14 19:46

JPMorgan Chase 2Q profits rose 67% with a boost from First Republic takeover

JPMorgan Chase says its second-quarter profits rose by 67% as the nation’s largest bank made more loans to customers and took advantage of higher interest rates and its recent acquisition of First Republic

2023-07-14 19:45

Hundreds of thousands face disruption at London's Gatwick Airport this summer after strike vote

Hundreds of thousands of British vacationers face potential disruption to their travel plans at the start of the school summer holidays after almost 1,000 workers at London’s Gatwick Airport voted to strike in a dispute over pay

2023-07-14 18:53