Amazon Amazon offers $10 to Prime Day shoppers who hand over their dataReuters - By Jeffrey Dastin(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has a promotion for U.S. shoppers on Prime Day, the 48-hour marketing blitz that started Monday: Earn $10 of credit if you let Amazon track the websites you visit. deal
Business Thirteen of France's well-known 'Tati' discount stores to close downReuters - by Pascale Denis and Sudip Kar-GuptaPARIS (Reuters) - Thirteen of France's well-known 'Tati' discount stores are to close down, in a move that could impact 189 jobs, said Tati's parent company GPG on Tuesday. GPG bought Tati in 2017 and
Stockholm Power tools firm Husqvarna CEO sees battery restraints for another decadeReuters - by Anna RingstromSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The head of Husqvarna, the world's biggest gardening power tools maker, said it could take another decade before batteries on the market have enough range to electrify some of the
Lara Trump Trump campaign to launch effort to sway women votersReuters - By Jarrett RenshawPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday kicks off its efforts to woo women voters, banking that a strong economic message will energize a voting bloc that has been largely
Business Wall Street finds blockchain hard to tame after early euphoriaReuters - By Anna Irrera and John McCrankNEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years ago Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ.O) and Citigroup Inc (C.N) announced a new blockchain system they said would make payments of private securities transactions more efficient. Nasdaq
Ryanair Ryanair CEO says confident in 'great' Boeing 737 MAX despite delaysReuters - by Conor HumphriesDUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair remains confident in the Boeing 737 MAX and believes the plane will be "warmly welcomed" by customers, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said on Tuesday after he was forced to
Blood Vessels UK doctors reveal separation of twins joined at the headReuters - by Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - Two-year-old twins joined at the head have undergone successful surgery at a British hospital to separate their skulls, brains and blood vessels, doctors said on Tuesday. The highly
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Khamenei vows Iran will respond to UK 'piracy' over tanker seizureReuters - by Dubai newsroomDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Tuesday Iran would respond to Britain's "piracy" over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar. Iran has called on Britain
R. Kelly Singer R. Kelly faces bail hearing over sex trafficking allegationsReuters - by Andrew Hay(Reuters) - U.S. R&B singer R. Kelly faces a bail hearing on Tuesday over federal charges that he ran a racketeering scheme trafficking women and girls for sex. In indictments unsealed in Brooklyn, New
Business Argentina ranchers kill the fatted cow amid cash crunch, turn to ChinaReuters - By Maximilian HeathBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's world-famous ranchers are culling their breeding cows at the highest rate in 30 years and tapping Chinese demand for meat in order to help pay their bills as access
Celebrity News Rapper Meek Mill to appeal sentence that drew activists' ireReuters - by Andrew Hay in Taos(Reuters) - Rapper Meek Mill on Tuesday will appeal a Pennsylvania judge's decision to sentence him to up to four years in prison for probation violations in a case that criminal justice reform advocates
Facebook Tech executives head to Capitol Hill for antitrust hearingReuters - by Diane BartzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives from tech giants Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) go before the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust Tuesday
Gag Orders U.S. judge expected to address whether ex-Trump adviser Stone violated gag orderReuters - By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's former adviser, Roger Stone, will appear in federal court on Tuesday and the judge is likely to decide whether to revoke his bond after prosecutors alleged
Diabetes Abbott to hike production of lower-cost glucose monitors as diabetes soarsReuters - By Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories plans to ramp up manufacturing capacity for its lower-cost continuous glucose monitor, the FreeStyle Libre, by three to five times in the next few years, aiming
Kamala Harris Democrat Harris unveils plan to lower drug costs, put 'people over profit'Reuters - By Tim ReidLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled a plan on Tuesday to crack down on pharmaceutical companies which overcharge for prescription drugs, making her the latest
Business Exclusive: UAE plans oil trade overhaul to boost Middle Eastern cloutReuters - By Rania El Gamal, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Julia PayneDUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' state-run ADNOC, long seen as one of the most conservative oil firms in the Middle East, plans an overhaul for its trading operations as it seeks to the
Ukraine Dutch appeals court postpones verdict on Crimean goldReuters - by Bart MeijerAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday postponed its verdict on the ownership of a collection of gold artifacts from Crimea that was on loan to a Dutch museum when Russia seized the peninsula
Business Samsung, SK Hynix ask Korean firm to boost chemicals supply amid Japanese curbsReuters - By Heekyong Yang and Ju-min ParkSEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have asked a local supplier to the boost supply of a key chipmaking chemical to guard against any production disruptions, an official
Migration Migration from eastern Europe raises German population to record highReuters - by Michael NienaberBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's population reached a record high of more than 83 million people last year, largely because migration, most of which came from eastern Europe, data showed on Tuesday. Net migration
Business Hong Kong office transactions, leasing drop in second quarter: property consultancyReuters - by Clare JimHONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's commercial property investment and office leasing activities both weakened during the second quarter, hurt by the ongoing U.S.-China trade conflict, real estate consultancy
North Korea North Korean nuclear envoy reported executed is alive: South Korea legislatorReuters - By Hyonhee ShinSEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean nuclear envoy who steered talks before a failed summit with the United States in February is alive, a South Korean legislator said on Tuesday, contradicting a South Korean
Cocaine Colombian caught in Spain with cocaine under toupeeReuters - by Sarah DagherMADRID (Reuters) - A Colombian man was detained at Barcelona's international airport after half a kilo of cocaine was found hidden under an over-sized toupee, Spanish police said on Tuesday. Arriving a
Environment Floods worsen in India's northeast; rare rhinos in dangerReuters - By Zarir HussainGUWAHATI, INDIA (Reuters) - Floods in northeast India worsened on Tuesday with incessant rain swelling already raging rivers, inundating villages and a rhinoceros sanctuary as 1,000 soldiers were deployed
Business German investor morale darkens on trade disputes, Iran tensionsReuters - By Michael NienaberBERLIN (Reuters) - The mood among German investors deteriorated more sharply than expected in July, a survey showed on Tuesday, with the ZEW institute pointing to the unresolved trade dispute between and
Protest Hong Kong justice secretary due in Beijing on Wednesday amid protestsReuters - By Anne Marie Roantree and Donny KwokHONG KONG,+ (Reuters) - Hong Kong's secretary for justice, Teresa Cheng, will travel to Beijing on Wednesday, the city government said, as protests in the Asian financial center against an extradition
Jacob Zuma South Africa’s Zuma, back at inquiry, says his life is in dangerReuters - By Alexander WinningJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday he had received a death threat after his testimony the previous day to an inquiry on corruption. Zuma told the inquiry
Business China says Trump 'misleading' people linking trade deal, slowing economyReuters - By Ben BlanchardBEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday rebuffed a suggestion from U.S. President Donald Trump that Beijing needs a trade deal with the United States because its economy is slowing, saying this was "totally
UNAIDS U.N. wants more urgency in AIDS fight as gains and funding fadeReuters - By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalized communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections rising in some parts, the United Nations
North Korea North Korea says nuclear talks at risk if U.S.-South Korea exercises go aheadReuters - By Hyonhee ShinSEOUL (Reuters) - The United States looks set to break a promise not to hold military exercises with South Korea, putting talks aimed at getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons at risk, the
Business Hong Kong retailers forecast sharp drop in sales as protests rock cityReuters - By Donny Kwok and Anne Marie RoantreeHONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong retailers said on Tuesday they expect sales for July and August to drop by double-digits from a year earlier due to large and sometimes violent protests that have gripped
