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Trump revokes ethics ban on aides as he exits Washington By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, who won the White House in part by promising to "drain the swamp" of Washington political maneuvering, on Wednesday revoked his executive order barring aides and other administration officials from lobbying. The restrictions, imposed soon after he took office in 2017, had targeted the kind of insider culture the Republican Trump had campaigned...

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UK will submit request to join CPTPP trading bloc soon, trade minister says By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will soon submit its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive (NYSE:PGR) Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade bloc, trade minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday. Since deciding to leave the European Union, a process it completed at the end of 2020, Britain has been seeking out new trading arrangements around the world and sees the CPTPP as...

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UnitedHealth Earnings, Revenue beat in Q4 By Investing.com

UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) reported on Wednesday fourth quarter earnings that beat analysts' forecasts and revenue that topped expectations. UnitedHealth announced earnings per share of $2.52 on revenue of $65.47B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $2.41 on revenue of $64.97B. UnitedHealth shares are down 0% from the beginning of the year and are trading at $352.19 , down-from-52-week-high.They are...

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StockBeat: Margin Expansion Cheers Burberry Despite Sales Drop By Investing.com

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- If you’re going to be a luxury brand, then price accordingly. That’s the lesson Burberry (LON:BRBY) and others took from misguided attempts to broaden their appeal a few years back, and the U.K. fashion group with the distinctive checkered pattern took another big step toward correcting that error on Wednesday. Admittedly, Burberry’s sales down...

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Mercedes unveils electric compact SUV in bid to outdo Tesla By Reuters

By Nick Carey (Reuters) - Daimler AG (DE:DAIGn)'s Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday unveiled the EQA, a new electric compact SUV as part of plans to take on rival Tesla Inc and offer more emission-free vehicles to consumers to meet targets in Europe and China. The EQA, the first of several electric models Mercedes-Benz plans to launch this year, will initially have...

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UK says working to recover up 400,000 deleted records from police database By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - A coding problem led to the accidental deletion of up to 400,000 records from British police databases but specialists are working to recover the information from different systems, Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Wednesday. "So first of all let me just clarify this - this is a coding issue," Patel said, adding that she could not say...

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ASML Holding Earnings, Revenue beat in Q4 By Investing.com

ASML Holding (AS:ASML) reported on Wednesday fourth quarter earnings that beat analysts' forecasts and revenue that topped expectations. ASML Holding announced earnings per share of €3.23 on revenue of €4.25B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of €2.46 on revenue of €3.71B. ASML Holding shares are up 13% from the beginning of the year and are trading at €450.40...

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British Airways-owner IAG buys Air Europa in cut-price 500 million euro deal By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways and Iberia owner International Airlines Group (LON:ICAG) has agreed to buy Spain's Air Europa for 500 million euros ($606.7 million), after the pandemic cut the price in half and IAG struck a deal to defer payment for six years. Under the amended deal, Iberia, which is buying Air Europa on behalf of IAG, will not pay the 500...

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