Brazil's Oi sees debt plan vote by end of June: CEO

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian telephone operator Oi SA expects its in-court reorganization plan to go to a vote before creditors by the end of June, Chief Executive Officer Marco Schroeder told...

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Jeopardy host Alex Trebek provides a few answers of his own

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alex Trebek may be an American icon, but he hails from a little nickel-mining town in northern Ontario.

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Column: Ten-fold gain in retirement saving? No thanks, say Republicans

CHICAGO (Reuters) - At the risk of stating the obvious: People are much more likely to save for retirement when they can do it automatically at work. How much more likely? Ten times, according to a...

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Trump Tantrum looms on Wall Street if healthcare effort stalls

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump Trade could start looking more like a Trump Tantrum if the new U.S. administration's healthcare bill stalls in Congress, prompting worries on Wall Street about tax cuts...

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Foreigners buy more longer-dated U.S. bonds at auctions

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreign investors raised their purchases of longer-dated U.S. government debt in early March, in a sign of renewed appetite for dollar-denominated assets as the greenback has...

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If healthcare vote fails, would jeopardize 'Trump trades': Gundlach

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the U.S. healthcare legislation overhaul is not passed, or is postponed, it will put "a lot of doubt" on the "Trump trades," which include higher U.S. equities and bond...

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U.S. money market assets decreased in latest week: iMoneyNet

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. money market fund assets decreased by $25.76 billion to $2.626 trillion in the week ended March 21, the Money Fund Report said on Wednesday.

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The perils of investing with your politics: James Saft

(Reuters) - In investing, it seems, the wages of following your political bias is higher volatility without higher returns.

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Traders reduce view on U.S. rate hikes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. interest rates futures rose to session highs on Wednesday as traders dialed back their view on the timing of the Federal Reserve's next rate hike following its...

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U.S. SEC to shorten settlement cycle for securities trades

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators will take steps on Wednesday to modernize antiquated regulations that require stock and bond trades to settle within three business days, a step the...

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Senegal Islamic channel blames 'criminal act' for porn broadcast

DAKAR (Reuters) - A Senegalese Islamic channel shocked viewers with half an hour of hardcore pornography in the middle of the day, in what the TV station on Wednesday attributed to a "criminal act".

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UK royals' sibling rivalry? Princess Anne says GMO crops have benefits

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Princess Anne may have sparked some royal sibling rivalry after saying genetically modified crops had real benefits to offer, putting her at odds with her older brother Charles who says they would be an environmental disaster.

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Spice Girl Mel B files for divorce from husband of nearly ten years

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Spice Girl Melanie 'Mel B' Brown filed for divorce from her husband after nearly 10 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Chuck Barris, 'The Gong Show' host, dies at 87

(Reuters) - Chuck Barris, who tapped into Americans’ hunger to be on television by creating game shows such as “The Dating Game,” “The Newlywed Game” and his showcase for the acutely untalented, “The Gong Show,” died on Tuesday, media outlets reported.

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LA sheriff's office apologizes to Wyclef Jean for handcuffing incident

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department apologized on Tuesday for briefly detaining Grammy-winning hip hop artist Wyclef Jean in handcuffs during a robbery investigation, after Jean said he was "treated like a criminal" by law enforcement officers.

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U.S. bank stocks fall as investor hope wanes for policy boosts

(Reuters) - Shares in U.S. banks tumbled on Tuesday as investors shrunk back from a post-election rally on worries that President Donald Trump would not be able to live up to his promises for...

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Wells Fargo banks on new ad campaign to regain customer trust

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co will launch a new multi-channel ad campaign, its chief executive said on Tuesday, in a further sign of the bank's efforts to regain trust after a sales scandal...

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Scientists launch campaign to restore Pluto to the planet club

(Reuters) - A team of scientists seeking to restore Pluto to planethood launched a campaign on Tuesday to broaden the astronomical classifications which led to its demotion to a "dwarf planet" a decade ago.

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Hedge fund Millennium hires portfolio manager from Steve Cohen's firm

BOSTON(Reuters) - Millennium Management, one of the industry's biggest hedge funds, has hired a portfolio manager from billionaire stock picker Steven A. Cohen's investment company, two sources...

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NYSE Arca says systems normal after technical issue

NEW YORK (Reuters) - NYSE Arca said on Tuesday that all systems were functioning normally after a technical issue in the prior session prevented some symbols from completing a closing auction.

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Aristocracy aside, India Hicks has designs on business

NEW YORK (REUTERS) - India Hicks - goddaughter to the Prince of Wales, granddaughter of Britain’s last viceroy in India and bridesmaid of the late Princess Diana - may have been born into...

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Good luck coins prove fatal for Thai "piggy bank" turtle

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Thai sea turtle died from blood poisoning on Tuesday, never recovering from an operation to remove 915 coins from her stomach, thrown into her pool for good luck, veterinarians said.

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'You know there's crocs there' says teen bitten after jumping in river

(Reuters) - An Australian teenager who was bitten by a crocodile when he jumped into a river in northern Queensland on a dare is now recovering in hospital and looking forward to a date with the British backpacker he was trying to impress.

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U.S. investor, CEO groups set for lobbying battle over proxy challenges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shareholder activists are pushing back against a major business trade group's request that the White House use its influence on the U.S. securities regulator to make it harder...

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Goldman building robo-adviser to give investment advice to the masses

(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc , known for advising the world's richest and most powerful, is building a so-called robo-adviser geared to mass affluent customers, according to a job listing...

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