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Alabama lawmakers pass bill criminalizing transgender healthcare
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Alabama lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalize gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth, with a threat of 10 years in prison for medical provi...
Apr 07, 2022
Canada creates carbon-capture incentives, critical mineral plan to cut emissions
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will offer a substantial incentive to companies that invest in carbon-capture technologies and will set aside as much as C$3.8 billion ($3 billion) over eigh...
Apr 07, 2022
Walmart boosts industry-leading U.S. trucker pay to $110,000, starts retraining program
By Lisa Baertlein and Arriana McLymore LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walmart said it is boosting starting pay for its 12,000 long-haul truck drivers who deliver merchandise to its stores and Sam's Clubs loc...
Apr 07, 2022
Brazil’s OECD accession to require reforms no matter who wins October election
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's accession to the OECD will require whoever wins the presidential election in October to continue the reforms needed to meet membership requirements, Myron Brilliant, hea...
Apr 07, 2022
IL Senators react to Brown-Jackson Supreme Court vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Illinois’ top lawmakers are among those reacting to the approval Thursday by the Senate of Ketanji Brown-Jackson to be a Supreme Court Justice. “She turned out to ...
Apr 07, 2022
Russia says rouble appreciations poses no threat to fiscal policy
(Reuters) - The recent sharp strengthening of the rouble "does not pose a risk to Russia's fiscal policy," the finance ministry said on Thursday. The rouble firmed sharply in Moscow trade on Thursday ...
Apr 07, 2022
Fed’s Bostic, Evans back rate rises with dovish overtones
(Reuters) - As expectations rise that the Federal Reserve will step up its efforts to contain inflation with bigger interest rate hikes, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans and Atlanta Fed President R...
Apr 07, 2022
Factbox – Just how bad is Lebanon’s economic meltdown?
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Lebanon for a four-year extended fund facility that would only get full approval f...
Apr 07, 2022
Amazon objects to union’s victory in Staten Island, alleging interference
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc alleged without providing evidence that the union that Staten Island workers voted to join had threatened staff to vote in favor of organizing, as part of objections the ret...
Apr 07, 2022
Factbox-Historic firsts on the diversifying U.S. Supreme Court
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. A total of 115 justices have served o...
Apr 07, 2022
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