By Rod Nickel – A global shortage of nitrogen fertilizer is driving prices to record levels, prompting North America’s farmers to delay purchases and raising the risk of a spring …
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By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON – A patch of virtual real estate in the online world Decentraland sold for a record $2.4 million worth of cryptocurrency, the buyer crypto investor Tokens.com …
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 44 months in prison on his conviction of conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft, …
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CHICAGO — A Joliet financial advisor has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly swindling several clients out of nearly $800,000. RONALD T. MOLO, 61, of Shorewood, Ill., is …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON -The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday it will release millions of barrels of oil from strategic reserves in coordination with China, India, …
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By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted his administration’s international and domestic efforts to tackle inflation and high gasoline prices, promising Americans a drop in …
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss – Newpark Resources, a provider of drilling fluids systems and composite matting systems used in oilfields, is being pushed by an activist investor to separate its industrials …
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WASHINGTON -The United States will release 50 million barrels of crude from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help cool oil prices, that will start hitting the market in mid- …
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– Catering giant Compass Group on Tuesday resumed dividend payouts, forecast fiscal 2022 underlying profit margin to be over 6%, and reported better-than-expected annual profit, as it benefits from economic …
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By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON – U.S. pressure on OPEC+ to pump more oil and cool red-hot crude prices has shone a spotlight on a relatively new problem …
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– Dutch financial services company Intertrust said on Monday it had received multiple takeover offers, following its earlier announcement of discussions with private equity firm CVC Capital Partners. Intertrust, which …
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– Web hosting company GoDaddy Inc said on Monday email addresses of up to 1.2 million active and inactive Managed WordPress customers had been exposed in an unauthorized third-party access. …
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BANGKOK – Thailand aims to join talks on membership of a trans-Pacific free-trade agreement, a government official said on Monday, despite opposition from some politicians and business groups over fears …
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– FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by banking and fintech entrepreneur Betsy Cohen, said on Monday it plans to raise up to $220 million …
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FRANKFURT -No big euro zone lender meets the European Central Bank’s climate risk management goals, the ECB said on Monday, just months before it is due to run the biggest …
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By Anirudh Saligrama – Disney World near Orlando, Florida, operated by Walt Disney Co, has put its COVID-19 vaccination mandate on hold, a spokesperson said on Saturday. The move comes …
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MILAN -Ferrari’s new high octane model, the Daytona SP3, ends a long wait by lovers of its Icona-series cars, although it may not be welcomed by those trying to curb …
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-Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk said on Friday that the company’s mobile application was coming back online after an app server outage earlier prevented many owners from connecting to their …
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By Timothy Gardner and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON – The White House on Friday pressed the OPEC producer group again to maintain adequate global supply, days after U.S. discussions with some …
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ADDIS ABABA – Global fashion giant PVH Corp. is closing a manufacturing facility in Ethiopia, the company told Reuters on Friday, two weeks after the African country lost duty-free access …
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Lawmakers are working to fix cryptocurrency tax reporting requirements included in the bipartisan infrastructure bill. The Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act signed into law by President Joe Biden on Monday contains …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Transportation Department said Friday it was awarding nearly $1 billion in infrastructure grants as the Biden administration prepares to dramatically boost funding on …
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO – China must address financial risks in a “clear and coordinated fashion” and temporarily shift its fiscal policy to a neutral stance from this year’s contractionary …
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MELBOURNE – Bioenergy could contribute around A$10 billion ($7 billion) to Australia’s economy by 2030, the government said on Friday, as it laid out a plan to promote biofuels to …
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– A high number of job postings and a low unemployment rate do not automatically mean that all people who want to work are able to land a job and …