NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters) - Traces of banned Chinese cotton were found in 19% of a sample of merchandise selling at U.S. retailers in the past year, a study showed, highlighting the challenges of complying with the U.S. law aimed at blocking imports of cotton linked to forced labor in China. In the study released on Tuesday, researchers from...

12:32 PM EDT, 05/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tetra Tech (TTEK) said Tuesday it received a five-year $439 million contract from the US Agency for International Development to strengthen energy security and resilience in Ukraine. Services covered under the contract include technical assistance to the government of Ukraine on improving the resilience, reliability, and security of electricity, natural gas and district...

12:32 PM EDT, 05/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Builders FirstSource ( BLDR ) issued a downbeat second-quarter sales outlook on Tuesday amid headwinds in the multi-family market, as the company recorded mixed results year over year in the preceding three-month period. The building product supplier anticipates sales to fall by a low-single-digit decline or be flat for the ongoing quarter, as...

12:30 PM EDT, 05/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Sony ( SONY ) shares fell more than 3% in recent Tuesday trading amid concerns about potential regulatory scrutiny of its joint bid with Apollo Global Management (APO) to acquire Paramount Global ( PARAA ) . Paramount shares dropped more than 2%, while Apollo shares rose nearly 2%. Sony ( SONY ) and...