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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Year: 2024

GameStop’s quarterly sales decline on weak traffic in its stores

(Reuters) -GameStop reported a decline in its first-quarter net sales as it advanced its quarterly report by four days and announced a more than $3 billion stock offer, sending the video games retailer’s shares down 10% before the bell on Friday. The company, which largely relies on brick-and-mortar stores and has been grappling with customers […]

“Eye-popping” May US payrolls jump may set back Fed ease

(Reuters) – U.S. job growth accelerated far more than expected in May, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to hold off starting to cut interest rates. The Labor Department said on Friday that the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.0% for the first time since January 2022, while nonfarm payrolls increased by 272,000 jobs last […]

Trump ally Bannon ordered to report to prison for defying Jan. 6 probe

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress, a federal judge said on Thursday. The decision means Bannon, a right-wing media firebrand who maintains influence in Trump’s orbit, will likely be behind […]

$1.3 billion UK lawsuit accuses Amazon of misusing small sellers’ data

LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon is facing a one billion-pound ($1.3 billion) collective lawsuit from British retailers who allege that the online marketplace misused their data to boost its own market share and profits. The British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA), an umbrella body grouping numerous small traders, was due to file the lawsuit on behalf of […]

US FDA staff raise no major concerns about Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s drug

By Bhanvi Satija and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – An FDA analysis of trial data for Eli Lilly’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug donanemab released on Thursday revealed no red flags, but raised questions about safety of the treatment for patients with early-stage disease. The drug is a potential rival to Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi, which won approval […]

Robinhood bets big on crypto with $200 million deal for Bitstamp

By Manya Saini (Reuters) -Trading platform Robinhood Markets said on Thursday it has agreed to buy crypto exchange Bitstamp for about $200 million in cash, speeding up a broader push into digital assets with its biggest-ever deal. Robinhood, whose shares were up 3.4% before the bell, has been looking to expand its product offerings to […]

SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket on fourth test flight

By Joey Roulette (Reuters) -SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket launched from south Texas on Thursday for its fourth test toward space to execute a tricky primary objective: survive a blazingly hot re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere, the violent phase where the rocket broke apart during its last attempt. The two-stage spacecraft, consisting of the Starship cruise vessel […]