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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s Finance Ministry will exempt companies participating in a new tax compliance program from paying federal taxes on e-commerce purchases up to $50, it announced on Friday. The …

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a new trial on damages against BNSF Railway in a privacy class action, in a ruling that wiped out …

By Carolina Mandl (Reuters) -Odey Asset Management (OAM) has proposed to restructure two of its key funds, according to letters to investors reviewed by Reuters, as part of efforts to …

(Reuters) – Spotify Technology is mulling adding full-length music videos to its app, which could help the music streaming platform compete with TikTok and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube, Bloomberg News reported …

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple Inc executives that raised $100 million earlier this year, said on Friday that it will use Qualcomm Inc’s chips …

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar index was lower on Friday following two straight days of gains, after economic data showed a cooling in consumer spending, raising …

By Asif Shahzad LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan secured a badly-needed $3 billion short-term financial package from the International Monetary Fund on Friday, giving the South Asian economy a much-awaited respite …

By Nelson Bocanegra and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s central bank board on Friday unanimously held the benchmark interest rate steady for the first time in nearly two years, with …

By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled higher on Friday but posted their fourth straight quarterly loss as investors worried that sluggish global economic activity could crimp fuel demand. Benchmark …

(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has questioned Goldman Sachs’ role in the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the profits it allegedly made in the process. “Goldman Sachs, …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank’s head of human resources, Michael Ilgner, has decided to leave the bank, Deutsche Bank announced on Friday, the latest in a spate of management changes. The …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down race-conscious policies in college admissions includes some subtle warnings to companies about the legal limits of workforce diversity efforts and is …

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy aims to generate nearly two thirds of its electricity from renewable energy sources by the end of the decade, the energy ministry said on Friday, slightly …

(Reuters) – ESPN laid off about 20 of its sports personalities on Friday as the Walt Disney unit seeks to more closely manage costs, a source said. Among those affected …

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices are about 80% as fast as those from Nvidia Corp, with a future path to matching their performance, according …

By Medha Singh (Reuters) – U.S. airline stocks on Friday were set to record their strongest monthly performance since 2021, helped by easing fuel prices and signs of robust travel …

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Joe Biden’s student debt relief would claw back more than $300 billion in costs associated with …

By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – The financial sector is taking the biggest bite out of U.S. economic activity since the nation was mired in the financial crisis over a …

(Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee on Friday said that he and colleagues will be parsing what will be “a lot of data” between now and the …

(Reuters) – General Motors said on Friday it had acquired Algolion Ltd, an Israel-based software startup that helps detect problems in batteries. GM said Algolion’s software will help the Detroit …

By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) – Cyanide maker Draslovka is considering an equity fundraising worth hundreds of millions of dollars support the roll out of new technology that could help …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending fizzled in May as households cut back on purchases of new light trucks and other long-lasting manufactured goods amid higher borrowing …

By Amruta Khandekar, Matteo Allievi and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – European shares rose on Friday as lacklustre data on China’s factory activity spurred hopes of more policy stimulus, but …

MILAN (Reuters) – Italian luxury group Salvatore Ferragamo said on Friday that its Chief Financial Officer Alessandro Corsi would resign with effect from Sept.30 to take on “a new professional …

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to defend certain Securities and Exchange Commission in-house enforcement …