Oct 23 (Reuters) – American Express raised its profit forecast for 2026 on Friday after reporting strong third-quarter results as its affluent customers swiped their cards to pay for travel, dining out and shopping. By targeting consumers with high credit scores and more disposable income,…
By Ayose Naranjo HAVANA, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Yarnelys Bec Abalela arrived at the Abel Santamaría School for the Blind in Havana when she was just 3 years old. At that time, a congenital cataract threatened her vision. After completing ninth grade, she enrolled in…
By Vivian Sequera CARACAS, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The Venezuelan opposition movement headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado is preparing for eventual elections, including a new effort to boost voter registration, according to documents and sources with knowledge of the matter. Machado’s…
VIENNA, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Austria’s foreign ministry said on Friday it was expelling four Vienna-based Russian diplomats over “activities incompatible with their diplomatic status”, a term usually used for spying. “Based on findings by the Austrian security authorities, the Austrian foreign ministry has taken…
LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – A junior member of Britain’s Royal Navy accused of collecting secret information and researching a website linked to Russia’s foreign intelligence service appeared in a London court on Friday charged under the National Security Act. Teddy Young is charged with…
BUCHAREST, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Romanian President Nicusor Dan accused Russia of escalating its attacks on NATO’s eastern flank on Friday, after a drone strike sank a cargo ship off the Romanian Black Sea coast, killing at least one sailor with three still missing. Video…
BENGALURU, Oct 23 Reuters) – Infosys trimmed its annual revenue growth forecast on Friday despite marginally beating estimates for quarterly revenue after demand from its energy and utility clients picked up. Revenue at India’s second-largest IT services provider rose 10.7% to 492.44 billion rupees ($5.19 billion) in…
Oct 23 (Reuters) – Wall Street futures ticked lower on Friday as caution prevailed after a sharp selloff in AI-linked stocks over concerns about the sector’s massive funding requirements, while telecom shares slid on fears of increased competition from SpaceX. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile were…
By Jarrett Renshaw and Leah Douglas Oct 23 (Reuters) – With the November midterm elections fast approaching, President Donald Trump is throwing an array of costly and politically fraught solutions at one stubborn problem: the price of diesel. His administration has offered billions of dollars…
Oct 23 (Reuters) – Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) on Friday launched two new indexes covering AI and semiconductor companies, and signed a licensing deal with China Southern Asset Management for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on the AI index in mainland China. Here are…
