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Wall Street indexes open higher as Mideast diplomacy hopes, earnings lift sentiment
April 16 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Thursday on rising hopes that the worst of the Middle East conflict had passed, while a wave of solid earnings allayed concerns about t...
Apr 16, 2026
AmEx to buy Altman-backed Hyper in push for AI-powered expense tools
April 16 (Reuters) - Credit card giant American Express said on Thursday it would buy Hyper, an artificial intelligence-focused expense management startup backed by OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman. ...
Apr 16, 2026
Google, Pentagon discuss classified AI deal, the Information reports
April 16 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is negotiating an agreement with the Department of Defense that would allow the Pentagon to deploy its Gemini AI models in classified settings, the Information r...
Apr 16, 2026
IMF urges Japan to raise rates, keep fiscal stimulus targeted
By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - Japan should gradually raise interest rates and keep any fiscal stimulus targeted given robust domestic demand and steady wage gains, a senior Internat...
Apr 16, 2026
Exclusive-German government halves 2026 growth forecast to 0.5% amid Iran war, source says
By Holger Hansen BERLIN, April 16 (Reuters) - The German government has halved its growth forecast for 2026 and has also cut its growth prediction for 2027, while raising its inflation projections, a ...
Apr 16, 2026
Frenchman jailed for hit-and-run in Israel is shot dead in upscale Paris street
PARIS, April 16 (Reuters) - A Frenchman whose role in a fatal hit-and-run in Israel more than a decade ago triggered a diplomatic dispute between Paris and Jerusalem, was shot dead on a street in the ...
Apr 16, 2026
UPDATE: 23-year-old dies after reportedly being shot at South Peoria gas station
UPDATED 10:48 A.M. PEORIA, Ill. - A 23-year-old man has died after reportedly being shot at a South Peoria gas station Wednesday night. Peoria Police says officers responded to the Phillips 66 on West...
Apr 16, 2026
TPG invests $100 million in student mobility company Zum
By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - Private equity firm TPG has made a $100 million investment in Zum, in a deal that values the student transportation company at around $1.7 billion...
Apr 16, 2026
Russia looks for a way out of its sharpest economic contraction in three years
By Guy Faulconbridge, Dmitry Antonov and Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW, April 16 (Reuters) - Russia's top officials have outlined numerous proposals to President Vladimir Putin on how to kick-start the war...
Apr 16, 2026
US senators reassure Taiwan on weapons approvals in coming weeks
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - The United States will likely approve pending weapons sales to Taiwan in coming weeks, a bipartisan group of senators assured Taiwanese lawmakers in...
Apr 16, 2026
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