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Lawyer who compared R. Kelly to Martin Luther King couldn’t convince jury
By Karen Sloan (Reuters) - The late addition of a lawyer with experience handling high-profile clients wasn't enough to help singer R. Kelly beat charges that he sexually abused women for decades. Att...
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New York Fed’s Williams cautions of debt-ceiling risk to markets
By Jonnelle Marte NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams on Monday warned of the potential negative market reaction if the United States failed to solve its debt-ce...
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SK Innovation to invest $4.3 billion in U.S. battery production with Ford Motor
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Innovation Co Ltd plans to invest 5.1 trillion won ($4.32 billion) to build battery production facilities in the United States through its battery joint venture with...
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Ford, SK to invest $11.4 billion to add electric F-150 plant, three battery factories
By Ben Klayman DETROIT/SEOUL (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co and its Korean battery partner SK Innovation will invest $11.4 billion to build an electric F-150 assembly plant and three battery plants in the ...
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Fed resignations don’t blunt calls for broader ethics changes
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer and public interest groups on Monday kept up the pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to impose stricter ethics rules on Fed officia...
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White House backs workplace rights bill for nursing mothers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Monday said it is backing a bill that could give millions of new mothers more workplace rights when they pump breast milk. A U.S. House of Representa...
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U.S. Senate fails to advance debt ceiling, government funding measures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sharply divided U.S. Senate on Monday failed to advance a measure to suspend the federal debt ceiling and avoid a partial government shutdown, as Republican lawmakers denied t...
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Shift to EVs means huge ‘reskilling’ job for Europe – report
By Nick Carey (Reuters) - The shift to electric vehicles will force huge changes in the auto industry and require EU backing for 'reskilling' programs to help workers prepare for a zero-emission futur...
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Five key moments from the R. Kelly sex abuse trial
By Tyler Clifford and Luc Cohen (Reuters) - R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday in his sex trafficking trial. Prosecutors described a decades-long scheme in which the R&B singer used hi...
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Chile cenbank to decide on roll-out of digital currency in 2022
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's central bank will decide in early 2022 on a strategy for the potential roll-out of its own digital currency, the bank's president said on Monday, as policymakers worldwide...
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