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REUTERS IMPACT-‘Please put a price on carbon’, says Europe’s biggest utility
By Jon Harman and Stephen Jewkes (Reuters) - Countries need to put a price on carbon to help the world cut greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate warming to agreed targets, the head of Europe's bi...
Oct 05, 2021
Treasury’s Yellen: ‘Up to the president’ to decide on Fed chief appointment
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday declined to say whether she would support a reappointment of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second term, saying it's up to Presid...
Oct 05, 2021
OECD global tax deal drops ‘at least’ from new minimum rate – RTE
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An updated draft of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) overhaul of global corporate tax rules has cut the phrase "at least" from a proposed minimum ...
Oct 05, 2021
Yellen says debt ceiling hike ‘utterly essential’, opposes platinum coin ‘gimmick’
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said it was "utterly essential" for Congress to lift the federal debt limit ahead of an Oct. 18 deadline to avoid U.S. default, but added th...
Oct 05, 2021
EU Commission to launch EU budget rules review on Oct 19
By Jan Strupczewski LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Commission will publish on Oct. 19 its assessment of the economic impact of the pandemic on the European economy and its implications for EU bud...
Oct 05, 2021
U.S. trade deficit jumps to record high in August
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. trade deficit raced to a record high in August, boosted by imports as businesses rebuild inventories, the latest sign that economic growth slowed in th...
Oct 05, 2021
Brokerage Robinhood introduces 24/7 phone support after communications criticisms
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc said on Tuesday it had introduced 24-hour customer phone support, seven days a week, addressing criticisms over the app-driven retail brokera...
Oct 05, 2021
Analysis-In Czech election, the prize is one of EU’s fastest-growing debt burdens
By Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government has ditched a long tradition of frugality over the last few years by piling tax cuts and wage hikes on top of pandemic spending, putting the coun...
Oct 05, 2021
South African union starts indefinite strike, auto industry fears impact
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest metalworkers union on Tuesday launched an indefinite strike, seeking pay rises and threatening to block supplies of parts to make new cars and accessories,...
Oct 05, 2021
U.S. NIH director Francis Collins to step down by year-end
(Reuters) - Francis Collins, the director of U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), said on Tuesday https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/francis-collins-step-down-director-national-institu...
Oct 05, 2021
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