SAO PAULO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A farmers' lobby in Brazil is seeking to end a two-decade-long agreement that forbids grain traders from buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, claiming the deal has created an uneven playing field. Soybean farmer lobby Aprosoja-MT based in western Mato Grosso state said on Wednesday that the agreement fostered...

(Reuters) - The NewsGuild of New York said on Wednesday it had reached a tentative deal on a three-year contract with the New York Times ( NYT ), after more than 600 tech workers at NYT went on a week-long strike in November. The strike was initiated a day before the U.S. presidential election by workers including software engineers, designers...

05:06 PM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Robinhood Markets ( HOOD ) reported the number of funded customers stood at 24.8 million in November, up 420,000 from October and gaining 1.5 million from a year earlier. Assets under custody were $194.6 billion, up 22% from $159.7 billion in October and doubling from $94.4 billion a year earlier, the company said...

05:02 PM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- BrightSpring Health Services ( BTSG ) said late Wednesday it completed the refinancing of its $2.55 billion term loan B facility due February 2031 through its Phoenix Guarantor unit. The facility's repricing lowered the applicable interest rate on the outstanding term loan by 75 basis points, representing $19.1 million in estimated cash interest...