By Milana Vinn (Reuters) -Warburg Pincus has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Raptor Technologies from fellow investment firm Thoma Bravo, in a deal that values the school safety software provider at around $1.8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. THE DETAILS * The deal could be announced imminently, the sources said,requesting…
TOKYO, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Japan’s finance minister said on Sunday that recent erratic swings in the foreign exchange market and rapid yen weakening are “clearly not driven by fundamentals”. “It’s our position to issue warnings against such matters,” Satsuki Katayama said on a Sunday morning talk show on Fuji Television. Katayama also reiterated that…
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street extended its rally on Tuesday as a spate of economic data appeared to support the case for the U.S. Federal Reserve to implement its third and final rate cut of the year in December, while softness in the tech sector limited the Nasdaq’s gains. All three major…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for his government to re-examine Afghan immigrants who entered the United States during the former President Joe Biden’s administration. The president called the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington “an act of terror,” saying the suspect came from Afghanistan in 2021. “This heinous assault was…
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) -Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday the United States is aiming to allow further deployments of troops and aircraft to tackle drug trafficking. Speaking in the Dominican Republic, which has authorized the temporary deployment of U.S. elements, Hegseth said he was hoping other countries would accept U.S. military presence on their…
By Jana Winter and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI has requested interviews with six Democratic members of the U.S. Congress who in a video message told members of the military they can legally refuse to carry out unlawful orders, a Justice Department official told Reuters on Tuesday. The Pentagon on Monday threatened to recall…
(Reuters) -UBS expects copper prices to rise into next year, citing tightening supply from persistent mine disruptions and strong long-term demand from electrification and clean-energy investment, the bank said in a note on Friday. In its updated projections, UBS raised its March 2026 price forecast by $750 per metric ton to $11,500, increased its June…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -It is too early for the European Central Bank to discuss another interest rate cut as inflation in the euro zone might still turn out higher than expected, ECB policymaker Martins Kazaks said on Thursday. The ECB halved its policy rate in the year to June as it watched price growth fall to…
(Corrects paragraph 18 to show the extension of the income tax threshold freeze is for three years, not two years) By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves delivered a budget on Wednesday that will take more tax from workers, people saving for a pension and from investors to give…
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) -The families of Papiri had long called for security forces to protect their children at the school in northern Nigeria where more than 300 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen last week, in one of the country’s worst mass abductions. They say that no one came. “Neither the police, nor the…
