05:46 PM EST, 02/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Star Bulk Carriers ( SBLK ) reported Q4 adjusted earnings late Tuesday of $0.34 per diluted share, down from $0.73 a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.36. Time charter equivalent revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose to $216.8 million from $191.9 million a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday by a 51-45 vote to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee Howard Lutnick, the billionaire chairman and CEO of Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald, to run the Commerce Department. The Commerce Department, which has 47,000 employees, is responsible for U.S. export controls, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties, weather forecasting, fisheries, economic data and...

(Reuters) - Singapore Telecommunications reported a 22% rise in its third-quarter underlying net profit on Wednesday, boosted by strong contributions from its Australian telecom unit Optus. Revenue from Australian telecom unit Optus, the company's top revenue generator, rose 3% to S$1.86 billion ($1.39 billion). The company also benefited from the strong performance of India's Bharti Airtel, which reported a nearly...

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Activist investor Jonathan Litt is launching a proxy fight at medical real-estate investment firm National Health Investors ( NHI ) and is seeking to oust two board members, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Varun H K) ...