By Tim Reid and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump does not rule out building detention camps on U.S. soil for migrants in the country illegally if he wins a second White House term, he told Time magazine in an interview published on Tuesday. Trump was asked whether he would build new […]

By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) – Philip Morris International’s goals for heated tobacco in the United States are reachable, analysts and investors say, even though rivals see limited potential in a market where vaping dominates. The world’s biggest tobacco company by market value will launch its flagship heated tobacco device IQOS in the U.S. in […]

By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, buoyed by a rally in megacap growth stocks following robust quarterly results from technology heavyweights Alphabet and Microsoft in addition to moderate inflation data. Investors cheered Alphabet’s first-ever dividend, its $70 billion stock buyback program, and better-than-expected first-quarter results. Its shares jumped 10% […]

(Reuters) -Private equity firm KKR has agreed to buy a portfolio of 19 student housing properties from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust for about $1.64 billion, the companies said on Thursday. The over 10,000-bed portfolio comprises 19 student housing assets located in 14 four-year public universities across 10 states. “This transaction is an excellent outcome […]

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest business lobby, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to strike down a federal agency’s near-total ban on employers requiring workers to sign agreements not to join rivals or launch competing businesses. The Chamber’s lawsuit in federal court in Tyler, Texas, alleges that the […]

(Reuters) – U.S. business activity cooled in April to a four-month low due to weaker demand, while rates of inflation eased slightly even as input prices rose sharply, suggesting some possible relief ahead as the Federal Reserve looks for signs that the economy is ebbing enough to bring inflation down further. S&P Global said on […]

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin’s so-called halving event has had little impact on its price so far, with industry insiders on Monday saying the cryptocurrency’s fortunes were more closely tied to broader financial market sentiment and geopolitics. Bitcoin enthusiasts had eagerly waited for the “halving” – a change to the cryptocurrency’s underlying technology […]

By Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) – Procter & Gamble raised its annual profit forecast on lower commodity costs and as consumers, particularly in the United States and Europe, kept buying its pricey Tide detergent and Dawn dish soap. Even though P&G’s third-quarter net sales fell short of analysts’ expectations, the company has […]