LONDON (Reuters) -Robbie Coltrane, the larger-than-life Scottish actor who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, died on Friday at the age of 72, his agent said. Coltrane’s more than four-decade-long career ranged from roles in the James Bond films …
Fighting for survival as UK PM, a chastened Truss changes course again
By Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – It was a bruising meeting with her Conservative lawmakers this week that finally shook British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s earlier unwavering faith that she could weather the market fallout from h…
Wall St drops as consumer data stokes inflation worry
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks dropped on Friday as worsening inflation expectations kept intact worries that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hike path could trigger a recession, while investors digested the early stages of…
Enter Boeing, as Airbus and Qatar resume court battle
By Tim Hepher LONDON (Reuters) – Airbus and Qatar Airways fought in court in front of Boeing on Friday as a dispute over damage to A350 jets descended into a tug-of-war over confidential documents while the sums at stake in their unprecedented falling …
Wall Street hires more bankers despite economic gloom
By Lananh Nguyen and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Jamie Dimon was asked by an analyst on Friday if his bank would wait to hire employees for lower pay as the economy slows, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co had a blunt answer: “No.” T…
U.S. retail sales unchanged; consumers showing resilience
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales were unexpectedly flat in September as households cut back on purchases of motor vehicles and other big-ticket items like electronics and appliances amid stubbornly high inflation and rapidly r…
Zelenskiy promises victory as Ukraine marks Defenders Day
KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked Ukraine’s Defenders Day holiday on Friday by promising victory over Russia and freedom for Ukraine. In a video address delivered on hills outside the capital Kyiv, Zelenskiy thanked Ukraine’s armed …
SpaceX capsule splashes down, returning 4 astronauts from Space Station
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida after nearly six months of research abo…
Biden to sign order seeking new prescription drug cost savings – official
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday pushing federal officials to drive prescription drug costs down during a pre-election trip designed to promote Democrats’ health policies, an official…
Biden heads to Oregon as Democratic hold on governorship threatened in Nov. 8 election
By Daniel Trotta and Jeff Mason (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden travels to Oregon on Friday to rally support for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who is in danger of losing in a state where the last Republican to be elected governor was in 1…