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(Reuters) – Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s family trust is set to sell 10 million American Depository Shares of Alibaba Group Holdings for about $871 million, the ecommerce company said in regulatory filings. The sale will be done on Nov. 21 by JSP Investment and JC Properties, funds that are part of the family trust. Alibaba and the Jack Ma Foundation, the philanthropic organization that handles media queries for the billionaire, […]

By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa may be about to pull off a political miracle: win a presidential election despite being at the helm of the country’s worst economic crisis in decades and with inflation nearing 150%. The 51-year-old political wheeler-dealer pulled off an unexpected first place in the South American country’s first-round vote in October and is neck-and-neck with libertarian rival Javier […]

By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa may be about to pull off a political miracle: win a presidential election despite being at the helm of the country’s worst economic crisis in decades and with inflation nearing 150%. The 51-year-old political wheeler-dealer pulled off an unexpected first place in the South American country’s first-round vote in October and is neck-and-neck with libertarian rival Javier […]

By Anett Rios and Alien Fernandez HAVANA (Reuters) – When Bingo first stepped foot in the airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after months of arrangements ahead of his departure from Cuba, he did what any grateful dog would do: He licked his owner’s face. The 15-lb (6.8-kg), sandy-haired chihuahua with perky ears was among the lucky ones. Cubans, pushed by the economic crisis, have left their home in record numbers […]

By Anett Rios and Alien Fernandez HAVANA (Reuters) – When Bingo first stepped foot in the airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after months of arrangements ahead of his departure from Cuba, he did what any grateful dog would do: He licked his owner’s face. The 15-lb (6.8-kg), sandy-haired chihuahua with perky ears was among the lucky ones. Cubans, pushed by the economic crisis, have left their home in record numbers […]

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A federal court jury will resume deliberations on Thursday in the trial of a right-wing conspiracy theorist who attacked the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer. David Wayne DePape, 43, broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home and struck Paul Pelosi over the head with a hammer in the early morning hours of Oct. 28, 2022, while Nancy Pelosi, a […]

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A federal court jury will resume deliberations on Thursday in the trial of a right-wing conspiracy theorist who attacked the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer. David Wayne DePape, 43, broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home and struck Paul Pelosi over the head with a hammer in the early morning hours of Oct. 28, 2022, while Nancy Pelosi, a […]

By Katherine Masters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Formula One motor sports, which routinely draws top-tier luxury sponsors like Rolex, is expanding its roster of partners to retailers whose core business is selling clothing at American shopping malls. Teen clothing chains Abercrombie & Fitch and PacSun are among the U.S. retail chains seeking to turn Americans’ budding love affair with Formula One into sales of F1-inspired clothing lines, building partly on […]

By Katherine Masters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Formula One motor sports, which routinely draws top-tier luxury sponsors like Rolex, is expanding its roster of partners to retailers whose core business is selling clothing at American shopping malls. Teen clothing chains Abercrombie & Fitch and PacSun are among the U.S. retail chains seeking to turn Americans’ budding love affair with Formula One into sales of F1-inspired clothing lines, building partly on […]