1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1124+ words) Leody Taveras" grand slam highlighted a five-run 12th inning, after Samuel Basallo forced extras with a two-out RBI single in the ninth, and the Baltimore Orioles handed the host Kansas City Royals an eighth straight loss, 7-5 on Monday. In the 12th, Basallo…...

4+ hour, 5+ min ago  (325+ words) BOGOTA, April 30 (Reuters) " Colombia's central bank is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate on Thursday to counter inflation, despite the government's threat to hike "the minimum wage if borrowing costs rise further. Finance Minister "German Avila left the board's…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago  (1607+ words) Matt Olson delivered a long, two-run, walk-off homer in the ninth inning against closer Kenley Jansen to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Ozzie Albies opened the inning with a walk and…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (450+ words) By David French and Arathy Somasekhar NEW YORK/HOUSTON, April 30 (Reuters) " Apollo Global Management, Blackstone and KKR are battling it out to acquire a significant stake in the mammoth LNG Canada project from energy major Shell, three people familiar with…...

9+ hour, 30+ min ago  (113+ words) SAO PAULO, April 29 (Reuters) - Shareholders "from "Brazilian petrochemical firm elected on "Wednesday "a "new board "of directors, which included Magda Chambriard, "chief executive "at "state-run oil "company Petrobras, "as chair, local "newspaper Fol. .. Brazil's Braskem elects Petrobras CEO as new…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago  (300+ words) The Milwaukee Brewers placed left-handed reliever Angel Zerpa on the 15-day injured list with left forearm tightness on Wednesday. The move was retroactive to Tuesday. "In a corresponding move, the Brewers called "up left-hander Brian Fitzpatrick from Triple-A Nashville. Zerpa,…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago  (375+ words) MEXICO CITY, April 29 (Reuters) " Mexico's Becle, the world's largest tequila maker, reported on Wednesday a 67% slump in its net profit during the first quarter, missing analyst forecasts as "liquor sales dried up in its top markets, the U. S. "and Canada. Net…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago  (239+ words) SAO PAULO, April 29 (Reuters) " Brazil's central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday for a "second straight meeting without introducing forward "guidance, conditioning its next moves on new information about the economic effects of the U. S. -Israel war against…...

12+ hour, 52+ min ago  (146+ words) MEXICO CITY, April 29 (Reuters) - Mexico's Sinaloa State Governor "Ruben Rocha on "Wednesday denied U. S. Justice Department allegations of links to the "Sinaloa "Cartel, labeling "the charges "as politically motivated. The U. S. Justice Department earli. .. MEXICO CITY, April 29 (Reuters) " Mexico's Sinaloa State Governor…...

13+ hour, 31+ min ago  (160+ words) RIO DE JANEIRO, April 29 (Reuters) " Brazilian labor prosecutors have filed lawsuits against five "firms over labor abuses in "their supply chains, with grain trader Cargill and meatpacker JBS among those targeted, they said in a "statement "on Wednesday. " Prosecutors "are…...