March 20 (Reuters) - A judge in Manhattan has dismissed a lawsuit by satellite television provider DirecTV accusing Nexstar Media ( NXST ) and two other television station owners of scheming to drive up retransmission fees for distributing content to viewers. U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel in Manhattan federal court ruled on Wednesday that DirecTV's lawsuit was speculative and that...

11:00 AM EDT, 03/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with details throughout.) US Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called on the US Securities and Exchange Commission to probe whether Tesla (TSLA) breached regulations over board independence at public companies, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing a letter. The Massachusetts Democrat previously raised similar concerns in a letter sent to the SEC...

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to harden the ban on selling crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China. The bill, introduced by Senators Joni Ernst, a Republican and John Fetterman, a Democrat, would ensure that companies owned or controlled by China's government do not buy oil from the SPR. A...

NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recommended Thursday that policymakers look further into profits at grocery store operators that remain elevated since the pandemic and promotions that consumer products makers offer retailers. The report comes as the FTC is suing to block Kroger's ( KR ) acquisition of smaller grocery store rival Albertsons over its...