01:43 PM EDT, 06/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- NextEra Energy (NEE) said Tuesday it will sell $2 billion of equity units to Wells Fargo Securities and BofA Securities for about $1.94 billion in expected net proceeds. The energy company will issue each unit in a stated amount of $50. Each unit will comprise a contract to purchase the company's common stock...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it had referred a complaint to the Justice Department against the social media platform TikTok and its parent company ByteDance over potential violations of the Children's Online Privacy Act. In March, a source told Reuters the FTC could resolve a probe into TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security...

June 18 (Reuters) - Amazon ( AMZN ) aggregator Thrasio said on Tuesday it has emerged from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy and appointed Stephanie Fox as its chief executive officer. Fox, previously the company's chief operating officer, would succeed Greg Greeley, who would step down from the position after the company completes its global restructuring. Thrasio, which acquires third-party sellers...

CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - Bayer's Preceon variety of short stature corn has been shown to withstand up to 75 mph winds (120 kph) in some trials, the company said on Tuesday, but could not withstand winds over 100 mph. That means the corn could still be damaged by extreme weather such as the derecho storm that hit the heart...