Factbox-US corporate bankruptcies hit 13-year peak in 2023
By Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -U.S. corporate bankruptcy filings touched a 13-year high in 2023, as elevated interest rates and sticky inflation hit the companies. There were 50 corporate bankruptcy petitions in…
Factbox-US government shutdown: agriculture data hit
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The release of commodity market-sensitive reports released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other government agencies will be suspended if Congress fails to provide the government with…
Factbox-US offshore wind projects facing inflation headwinds
(Reuters) – The U.S. has no large-scale commercial wind farms in operation today, but President Joe Biden’s administration aims to have 30 gigawatt (GW) installed by 2030 to help decarbonize the power…
Factbox-US, Vietnam reach deals on planes, tech and human rights as Biden visits
HANOI (Reuters) – The United States and Vietnam announced new deals and partnerships as U.S. President Joe Biden visited Hanoi on Sunday including billions of dollars in plane orders, heightened human rights…
Factbox-US soldier in North Korea not the first to flee to the secretive state
By Ed Davies (Reuters) – The U.S. military identified a soldier who made an unauthorised crossing into North Korea on Tuesday as Private Travis T. King and said he was facing disciplinary…
Factbox-US government to impose inflation penalties on 27 drugs
(Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Wednesday it will subject 27 drugs to inflation penalties, a move that will require the pharmaceutical companies to pay Medicare rebates if they raise prices…
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