By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider -St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard on Tuesday said he favors starting the turn to tighter U.S. monetary policy with successive rate increases …
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Spotify shares rebound after Joe Rogan apology, Citigroup upgrade
by Reutersby ReutersBy Supantha Mukherjee, Helen Coster and Elizabeth Culliford – U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan apologized and pledged more balance on his show amid a backlash against COVID-19 misinformation on the streaming …
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WASHINGTON -U.S. Republican senators are urging the Biden administration to close a “loophole” in export controls imposed by former President Donald Trump on China’s top chipmaker, SMIC, which they call …
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Video game publisher Electronic Arts lowers annual adjusted sales forecast
by Reutersby Reuters– Electronic Arts Inc lowered its annual adjusted sales forecast after missing quarterly estimates on Tuesday, as the video game publisher faces the brunt of easing pandemic restrictions and fewer …
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON – Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope to prevent a repeat of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot by reforming a 135-year-old election law …
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By Laura Sanicola -Oil prices ended little changed on Tuesday, as geopolitical tensions and tight global supplies supported the market even as some speculated that OPEC+ might boost supplies more …
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Dollar slides for 2nd day after weak U.S. data, Fed’s cautious rate comments
by Reutersby ReutersBy Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK -The dollar fell for a second straight session on Tuesday, after hitting a 19-month peak at the end of last week, on weaker-than-expected U.S. economic …
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NEW YORK -St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said he sees the unemployment rate falling below 3% this year, a jobless rate the U.S. economy last seen in …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) will directly elect officers after a referendum required as part of a 2020 Justice Department settlement to resolve a …
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Fed’s Bullard does not think a half-point rate hike ‘really helps us’ -Reuters interview
by Reutersby Reuters– St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard on Tuesday said he favors lifting rates at the U.S. central bank’s meeting in March and likely again in May, but he …
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Storm packing heavy ice, snow bears down on large swath of U.S
by Reutersby Reuters– A major winter storm is expected to wallop much of the central United States and stretch to parts of the Northeast this week, bringing heaving snow, freezing rain, and …
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Companies raise over half a trillion dollars of debt in record Jan – Refinitiv
by Reutersby ReutersBy Yoruk Bahceli – A record amount of more than half a trillion dollars of debt was raised in January by companies as issuers scrambled to take advantage of attractive …
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Biden says he wants Senate’s advice and consent on Supreme Court pick
by Reutersby ReutersWASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he wants his candidate to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to have courtesy, respect and a judicial philosophy …
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By Manojna Maddipatla and Emma Farge GENEVA -Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes …
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Omicron restrains U.S. manufacturing; supply bottlenecks slowly easing
by Reutersby ReutersBy Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON – A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity fell to a 14-month low in January amid an outbreak of COVID-19 cases, supporting the view that economic growth …
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Coups cheered in West Africa as Islamist insurgencies sap faith in democracy
by Reutersby ReutersBy Edward McAllister OUAGADOUGOU – The last time rebellious soldiers attempted to overthrow Burkina Faso’s government in 2015, Marcel Tankoano was among thousands of protesters who took to the streets …
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By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter profit of $8.87 billion, its largest in seven years, as the top U.S. oil producer benefited from …
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Purdue Pharma judge extends Sacklers’ U.S. litigation shield to Feb 17
by Reutersby ReutersBy Dietrich Knauth and Tom Hals – A federal judge on Tuesday extended a legal shield protecting the Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma from lawsuits to Feb. 17, as …
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U.S. Supreme Court contender Jackson backs unions in first ruling
by Reutersby ReutersBy Daniel Wiessner – A judge seen as a leading contender to be nominated by President Joe Biden to the U.S. Supreme Court penned her first ruling as an appeals …
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U.S. says traffic deaths rose 12% in first nine months of 2021 to 31,720
by Reutersby ReutersBy David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. auto safety regulators on Tuesday said traffic deaths rose 12% in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720 – the highest number killed …
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Many countries yet to see peak in Omicron wave, should ease curbs slowly -WHO
by Reutersby ReutersBy Reuters Staff – Many countries have not reached their peak in cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus and measures imposed to curb its spread should …
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Trump directly involved in plans to seize voting machines -reports
by Reutersby ReutersWASHINGTON – Then-President Donald Trump was directly involved in efforts to use national security agencies to seize voting machines after his 2020 election loss, pressing his lawyer to make queries …
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Is Amazon ready to raise the price of Prime delivery? Wall Street thinks so
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jeffrey Dastin – When Amazon.com Inc on Thursday reports how it fared during the holiday quarter, a key question will be if the retailer will finally raise the price …
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Exclusive-KKR explores sale or IPO of cybersecurity consultant Optiv -sources
by Reutersby ReutersBy Krystal Hu and Chibuike Oguh – Buyout firm KKR & Co Inc is exploring a sale or an initial public offering for Optiv Security Inc, a U.S. cybersecurity solutions …
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WASHINGTON – U.S. job openings increased to near record highs in December, suggesting a deceleration in employment growth at the end of last year was largely the result of worker …