Press Digest: New York Times business news - Feb. 21

Vizio Holding

21/02/2024 06:51

Feb 21 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on
the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified
these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
    
    - Walmart  WMT.N  kicked off U.S. retailers' reporting
season on Tuesday with robust fourth quarter results after
inflation-squeezed shoppers flocked to its stores, and said it
would buy smart-TV maker Vizio  VZIO.N  for $2.3 billion.
    
    - A former F.B.I. informant accused of making false bribery
claims about President Biden and his son Hunter — which were
widely publicized by Republicans — claimed to have been fed
information by Russian intelligence.   
     
    - The U.S. will announce a major package of sanctions
against Russia on Friday over the death of opposition leader
Alexei Navalny and the two-year Ukraine war, President Joe Biden
said on Tuesday.

    - The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United
Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war,
blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as it
instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary
ceasefire linked to the release of hostages held by Hamas.

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