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By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis entered the battle for the 2024 presidential election during a chaotic, glitch-filled online forum on Twitter hosted by its billionaire owner, Elon Musk. Here are three takeaways from the DeSantis announcement: TWITTER CAN BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR CAMPAIGN’S HEALTH DeSantis’ decision to announce his White House bid during a live event with Musk on Twitter was a first. It might also […]

(Reuters) – Ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday put the United States’ credit on watch for a possible downgrade, raising the stakes as negotiations over the country’s debt ceiling go down to the wire.  Fitch put the country’s “AAA” rating, its highest rank, on a negative watch in a precursor to a possible downgrade should lawmakers fail to raise the amount that the Treasury can borrow before it runs out of […]

(Reuters) – Ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday put the United States’ credit on watch for a possible downgrade, raising the stakes as negotiations over the country’s debt ceiling go down to the wire.  Fitch put the country’s “AAA” rating, its highest rank, on a negative watch in a precursor to a possible downgrade should lawmakers fail to raise the amount that the Treasury can borrow before it runs out of […]

(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy renewed his appeal on Wednesday for U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets, saying their appearance with Ukrainian pilots would be a sure signal from the world that Russia’s invasion would end in defeat. “The main thing is the speed in training and in supply – meaning the time between decisions in real protection for our skies,” said Zelenskiy, whose air force uses Soviet-era jets. The following are […]

(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy renewed his appeal on Wednesday for U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets, saying their appearance with Ukrainian pilots would be a sure signal from the world that Russia’s invasion would end in defeat. “The main thing is the speed in training and in supply – meaning the time between decisions in real protection for our skies,” said Zelenskiy, whose air force uses Soviet-era jets. The following are […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cathay Pacific needs to address staff and resource shortages and raise pay to boost morale, its flight attendant union said, after three staff were fired for allegedly mocking passengers who could not speak English. A passenger on the CX987 flight from the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu to Hong Kong on Sunday wrote in an online post that flight attendants had made fun of passengers for […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cathay Pacific needs to address staff and resource shortages and raise pay to boost morale, its flight attendant union said, after three staff were fired for allegedly mocking passengers who could not speak English. A passenger on the CX987 flight from the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu to Hong Kong on Sunday wrote in an online post that flight attendants had made fun of passengers for […]

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn is set to win enough Illumina Inc shareholder support to install at least one of his three nominees to the gene sequencing machine maker’s board, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. A preliminary vote tally shows that Icahn nominee Andrew Teno has won enough shareholder support to get on Illumina’s board, the sources […]

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn is set to win enough Illumina Inc shareholder support to install at least one of his three nominees to the gene sequencing machine maker’s board, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. A preliminary vote tally shows that Icahn nominee Andrew Teno has won enough shareholder support to get on Illumina’s board, the sources […]