04:55 AM EST, 02/19/2025 (MT Newswires) -- BGC Group ( BGC ) said Tuesday that Howard Lutnick has stepped down as chief executive officer and chairman of the company upon his appointment as the US secretary of commerce. The company named Stephen Merkel as chairman of the board of directors, who has been with the company since its founding and...

* Now expects 40% cut in emissions by 2030 * Says pace of change in real economy is proving slow * Also cites updated guidance on carbon credits (Recasts, adding background and context throughout) By Simon Jessop and Tommy Reggiori Wilkes LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - HSBC ( HSBC ) is ditching its target of reaching net-zero carbon emissions across...

LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Television series Reacher, based on the best-selling Jack Reacher books, returns for season three this week with the titular character going undercover. The show, one of Prime Video's most popular releases, stars Alan Ritchson as the former U.S. military police major turned drifter, a character British author Lee Child first introduced in his 1997 debut...

(Reuters) - Medtronic on Tuesday missed Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue due to lower purchases of its surgical devices by distributors and said the problems would persist in the current quarter, sending shares down more than 7%. Some distributors brought down their inventory levels below normal towards the end of the third quarter, which pressured the unit, along with...