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White House heeded pressure to reopen Canada border -U.S. lawmaker
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman from New York said on Wednesday that political pressure had persuaded the White House to end a historic 19-month closure of its land borde...
Oct 13, 2021
Column-How a historic Social Security hike will affect Americans
By Mark Miller CHICAGO (Reuters) - (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters) A 6 percent raise does not come along often these days for most Americans, but a bump ...
Oct 13, 2021
Mixing COVID-19 booster shots safe, says NIH study
(Reuters) - Mixing booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized in the United States was found to be safe in adults, a study by the National Institutes of Health showed on Wednesday. (Repor...
Oct 13, 2021
IMF chief economist backs exemptions to German debt brake, Handelsblatt reports
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany should apply its debt brake more flexibly and suspend it again if needed to favour investment, particularly in green technologies and digitalisation, the International Monet...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. planning offshore wind farms from Maine to California
(Reuters) -The United States plans to hold up to seven offshore wind auctions in the next four years and will extend its ambitions to areas that have yet to be developed such as off the coast of Calif...
Oct 13, 2021
Biden’s Supreme Court commission to issue preliminary report Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's commission studying potential U.S. Supreme Court changes such as expanding the number of justices or imposing term limits on them will release its prelimin...
Oct 13, 2021
Top U.S. steelmaker sees prices easing, urges policymakers to keep curbs on imports
By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - Steel prices, driven to nosebleed highs by surging demand, should start to "erode" by the first part of next year as COVID-related supply bottlenecks ease and new domesti...
Oct 13, 2021
Kyle Bass’s failed Hong Kong short got Bannon-linked cash – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Hayman Capital Management L.P. founder Kyle Bass's failed bet against the Hong Kong dollar got cash linked to former U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser Steve Bannon, Bloomberg News repo...
Oct 13, 2021
‘There have to be consequences:’ Judge ups sentences for U.S. Capitol rioters
By Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Washington has repeatedly sentenced people who stormed the U.S. Capitol to more prison time than prosecutors sought, saying th...
Oct 13, 2021
G20 finance chiefs back tax deal, pledge to sustain recovery, watch inflation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance leaders from the G20 major economies on Wednesday endorsed a global deal to revamp corporate taxation and pledged to avoid premature withdrawal of fiscal support while k...
Oct 13, 2021
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