Amazon cuts diversity reference from annual report as firms roll back DEI
(Reuters) -Amazon.com eliminated a reference to “inclusion and diversity” in its annual report filed on Thursday, after telling employees in…
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News outlets reject Trump accusations of USAID media ‘payoff’
By Lydia Morrish (Reuters) – Several major news outlets including Politico and the Associated Press have rejected unsubstantiated accusations by…
Trump Media files to trademark investment products targeting bitcoin, US industries
(Reuters) – Trump Media and Technology Group said on Thursday it has applied to trademark six investment products that track…
US refiner Delek could run more light sweet oil if tariffs bite, CEO says
By Georgina McCartney and Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. refiner Delek has the option to run more light, sweet…
Musk’s DOGE agents access sensitive government personnel data, Washington Post reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Agents working for billionaire Elon Musk have accessed highly restricted government records on millions of federal employees maintained…
Trump to meet with US Steel, FedEx CEOs
By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with the CEOs of U.S. Steel…
US military prepared to look at all options for Gaza, US defense secretary says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the Pentagon was prepared to look at all…
Banks sell down $5.5 billion of Musk’s X debt to investors, source says
By Shankar Ramakrishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Banks led by Morgan Stanley have sold $5.5 billion of some $13 billion of…
UnitedHealth raises concerns over Bill Ackman’s post on X with SEC
(Reuters) – UnitedHealth has reached out to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s now-deleted post…
Google introduces new class of cheap AI models as cost concerns intensify
By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced updates to its Gemini family of large language models,…