By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm equipment maker Deere, home appliance company SharkNinja and engine manufacturer Cummins. Yet the…
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, DEL., Oct 19 (Reuters) – US grocery chain Albertsons Companies will begin making its case in court on Monday for more than $8 billion in damages against larger rival Kroger for allegedly sinking their agreed $24.6 billion merger two years ago.…
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Two Serbian opposition figures were recently targeted with powerful cyberespionage tools, according to one of the men and a report issued on Monday by the Canadian cyber watchdog group Citizen Lab. The incident was the latest of several…
By Nupur Anand NEW YORK, Oct 19 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase said it has invested $5 billion in equity in industries critical to US economic and national security, as banks seek to capitalize on growing demand for domestic manufacturing, energy infrastructure and supply-chain resilience. The…
SEOUL, Oct 19 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday the country is fully capable of taking back the wartime operational control of the combined forces with the US stationed in the country and talks with Washington for the change are…
Oct 19 (Reuters) – The EU Commission on Monday said US investment firm KKR might have provided it incorrect or misleading information over its up to €22 billion ($24.7 billion) acquisition of Telecom Italia’s fixed-line network. The Commission approved the deal in 2024, but opened…
Oct 19 (Reuters) – US stock index futures gained on Monday as AI-related shares rebounded from last week’s sharp selloff, with easing oil prices and Treasury yields adding to investor optimism. The benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite posted their biggest weekly drop since late…
LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Uber on Monday said it had won its bid to throw out two linked lawsuits valued at around £340 million ($453 million) brought by thousands of London black cab drivers and two former private hire companies. The ride-hailing app was…
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Early voting has been underway for weeks ahead of the November 3, 2026, midterm elections, when US voters will elect members of the House of Representatives and Senate and governors in states across the country. Held in…
AMSTERDAM, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Ahold Delhaize’s Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands, will not resume online deliveries before Thursday at the earliest, according to a message in its app on Monday, extending to at least 11 days an outage caused by what…
