By Shariq Khan and Liz Hampton
(Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy, a top U.S. natural gas producer, began laying off employees this week after completing the divestiture of its oil assets last year, the company said on Monday.
This week's layoffs follow its divestment of its Eagle Ford assets, not the company's pending merger with Southwestern Energy, Chesapeake said.
The company did not specify the size or scope of the... (continue reading...)
By Andrea Shalal, Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will play host this week to Kenyan President William Ruto for wide-ranging talks expected to include debt relief for Kenya as well as the way forward for Haiti, Ukraine, Sudan and other areas.
Kenya has been grappling with acute liquidity challenges, and a senior administration official told Reuters on Monday that the United States is... (continue reading...)
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NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Scores of graduating students staged a walkout from Yale University's commencement exercises on Monday, protesting the Israeli war in Gaza, Yale's financial ties to weapons makers and its response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the Ivy League campus.
The walkout began as Yale President Peter Salovey started to announce the traditional college-by-college... (continue reading...)
By Stephanie Kelly
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr's presidential campaign received $5 million in April from Timothy Mellon, the latest donation the 81-year-old banking heir has made to the independent candidate, according to a monthly filing released on Monday.
The donation from Mellon, who has been a key backer of Republican candidate Donald Trump in recent years, to the Kennedy-supporting American... (continue reading...)
LONDON (Reuters) - The types of business which are most likely to use artificial intelligence are seeing growth in workers' productivity that is almost five times faster than elsewhere, raising hopes for a boost to the broader economy, accountancy firm PwC said.
Productivity in professional and financial services and in information technology grew by 4.3% between 2018 and 2022 compared with gains of 0.9% across construction, manufacturing and retail,... (continue reading...)
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