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U.S. Senate leader Schumer urges federal safety probe into all major freight railroads
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday urged the National Transportation Safety Board to launch an investigation into safety practices of all seven major freight...
Mar 15, 2023
Russia’s Oscar-winning opposition is mired in conflict
By Mark Trevelyan and Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) -Kremlin critics were cheered this week when a Western documentary about jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny won an Oscar, but his politica...
Mar 15, 2023
Analysis-Sweden faces recession as housing market troubles take toll on economy
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - For years, Sweden has been warned that its dysfunctional housing market, plagued by under-supply and kept aloft by low rates and generous tax benefits, was a ris...
Mar 15, 2023
U.S. cannot wait for next ‘catastrophic’ event to address close call incidents — officials
McLEAN, Virginia (Reuters) - Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday the United States cannot wait for the next "catastrophic event" to address an uptick in aviation close calls that sp...
Mar 15, 2023
Fintech startup Stripe integrating OpenAI’s new GPT-4 AI
By Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO - Fintech startup Stripe is starting to integrate OpenAI's latest GPT-4 artificial intelligence model into its digital payment processing and other products, Stripe said on ...
Mar 15, 2023
U.S. charges exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Wednesday charged exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with fraud, accusing him of orchestrating a conspiracy to defraud his online followers out of more t...
Mar 15, 2023
Freshpet tumbles as Jana Partners calls company’s capital raise plan ‘ill-conceived’
(Reuters) - Shares of Freshpet Inc fell as much as 19% on Wednesday after activist investment firm Jana Partners LLC said the pet food maker's recent plan to raise capital was "ill-conceived". Freshpe...
Mar 15, 2023
U.S. business inventories fall for first time in nearly two years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories fell for the first time in nearly two years in January, potentially setting up inventory investment to be a drag on economic growth in the first quarte...
Mar 15, 2023
Nor’easter buries parts of New England while more floods threaten California
By Steve Gorman and Rich McKay LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ten of thousands of New England and New York homes and businesses were without power on Wednesday in the aftermath of a Nor'easter that dumped up...
Mar 15, 2023
Poles feel the pinch as inflation hits peak
GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Polish consumers say they are struggling to pay household bills and buy basic groceries as price rises have reached their steepest in more than a quarter of a century. Infla...
Mar 15, 2023
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