01:55 PM EDT, 09/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Canada's left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) on Wednesday walked away from a 2022 deal to support the minority Liberal Party in Parliament until June, 2025, the Canadian Press reported. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh posted on the X social-media site, formerly Twitter, that the deal is done, and will no longer automatically support the...

Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ ) shares are trading lower by 3.84% to $41.31 during Wednesday’s session after a WSJ report indicated the company is in advanced discussions to acquire Frontier Communications in what’s believed to be a strategic move to strengthen its fiber network and compete more effectively with rivals such as AT&T Inc ( T ) . Per...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to block Nippon Steel's acquisition of U.S. Steel, a source said on Wednesday. The move by Biden would deal a blow to the proposed $14.9 billion deal. The president has previously expressed concern over Nippon's deal to buy the 122-year-old iconic U.S. steelmaker. U.S. Steel warned earlier on Wednesday that a failure...

NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court sided with four major book publishers that accused the nonprofit Internet Archive of illegally scanning copyrighted works and lending them to the public online for free and without permission. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan agreed with Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers , John Wiley & Sons...