TBILISI (Reuters) - A senior European Union official warned the Georgian government on Thursday that its proposed legislation on "foreign agents" was unacceptable and would be an obstacle to the country's hopes of joining the EU if adopted in its current form.
The bill, which would require organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as agents of foreign influence, has sparked a rolling political crisis in the South... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Industrial technology solutions provider Ametek beat estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, as it benefited from a boom in the aerospace and defense sectors.
Robust air travel demand and simmering geopolitical tensions have driven up demand from the sectors, one of the biggest contributors to Ametek's revenue.
Ametek also noted solid growth in its business segment focused on manufacturing medical components and... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Moody's on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit, helped by demand for its research and analytics products.
The New York-based company recorded robust sales of its products including CreditView.
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
With growing expectations of the U.S. avoiding a recession, investors are increasingly spending more on analytics and data-related products to enable better investment... (continue reading...)
By Dan Peleschuk
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - The soldiers manning a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer close to the front in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region have seen the enemy advance in recent weeks, slowly but surely, and wish they could do more to stop it.
Like other artillery positions along the 1,000-km (621-mile) contact line in eastern and southern Ukraine, they do not have the shells they need to suppress the Russian attacks... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Huntington Ingalls reported a better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, on the back of demand for aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships and submarines amid high geopolitical tension.
WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
Demand for submarines and aircraft carriers is surging, fueled by China's expanding naval footprint and high global tensions, benefiting shipbuilding giants such as Huntington Ingalls.
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