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By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO -A group of employees at an Activision Blizzard studio that works on the “Call of Duty” franchise said on Friday that they had formed a …

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden intends to nominate election law attorney Dara Lindenbaum to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the regulatory agency tasked with enforcing U.S. campaign finance law, the …

By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA – Brazil’s government will veto 3.1 billion reais ($568 million) in discretionary expenditures and congressional appropriations in the 2022 budget to allow those …

By David Shepardson and Paul Lienert WASHINGTON/DETROIT -General Motors and a joint venture with LG Energy Solution are to set announce investments of more than $6.5 billion next week in …

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK -New coronavirus cases are falling in parts of the United States hit hardest by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, according to a Reuters analysis of public …

By Nancy Lapid – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet …

By David Lawder WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden called on U.S. mayors on Friday to use more of their state and local COVID-19 aid funds to boost worker training and …

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK -Oil prices slid for a second day in a row on Friday, pressured by an unexpected rise in U.S. crude and fuel inventories while investors …

WASHINGTON -Alphabet Inc’s Google asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of …

By Simon Lewis GENEVA -The top U.S. and Russian diplomats made no major breakthrough at talks on Ukraine on Friday but agreed to keep talking to try to resolve a …

By Elvira Pollina MILAN – Telecom Italia (TIM) on Friday appointed veteran manager Pietro Labriola as chief executive, in a move that could complicate a takeover approach by U.S. private …

WASHINGTON -The U.S. Postal Service has begun shipping free at-home rapid COVID-19 tests after millions of orders were placed through a new federal website launched this week, the White House …

– Pilgrim’s Pride Corp said on Friday it would raise starting wages for workers at its Mayfield, Kentucky, production facility by $2 to $16.50 per hour after the area was …

By Ron Bousso LONDON -Shell officially changed its name on Friday, ditching “Royal Dutch”, which has been part of its identity since 1907, following plans to scrap its dual share …

By Tim Hepher PARIS -Airbus on Thursday raised the stakes in a dispute with major customer Qatar Airways over grounded and undelivered A350 jets by announcing it had revoked a …

FRANKFURT – Commerzbank on Friday said its fourth-quarter earnings would be impacted by provisions made at its Polish mBank subsidiary but that it would still post a net profit for …

LONDON – A potential invasion of Ukraine by neighbouring Russia would be felt across a number of markets, from wheat and energy prices and the region’s sovereign dollar bonds to …

By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE – Serbian politicians on Friday blasted environmentalists for forcing them to scuttle Rio Tinto Plc’s proposed $2.4 billion lithium project, warning the move could hurt efforts …

VILNIUS – Lithuania is setting up a 130 million euros loan fund for businesses hit by Chinese action as the country faces economic pressure from Beijing after allowing Taiwan to …

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said two years of universal early childhood education and an expanded income tax credit were critical …

-A federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that President Joe Biden could not require federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and blocked the government from disciplining employees who …

WASHINGTON -The U.S. House of Representatives will soon introduce a bill to increase U.S. competitiveness with China and boost federal spending on semiconductors, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as …

By Arunima Kumar and Liz Hampton – Schlumberger beat expectations with a rise in fourth-quarter profit on Friday as higher crude and natural gas prices drove demand for the world’s …

– GlaxoSmithKline and U.S. partner Vir Biotechnology will boost production of their antibody-based COVID-19 treatment by adding a second manufacturing plant to help meet soaring demand in the United States. …

By Christian Kraemer and Holger Hansen BERLIN -The German government will cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 3.6% from its October estimate of 4.1%, according to a …