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U.S. man convicted of sex trafficking for extorting New York college students
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. man was convicted of sex trafficking and other crimes on Wednesday for coercing a group of students at Sarah Lawrence College in New York state to perform unpa...
Apr 06, 2022
SEC probes Amazon’s handling of employees’ use of sellers’ data for private labels – WSJ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating how Amazon.com Inc handled employee disclosures on the use of third-party sellers' data purportedly to boost its own priv...
Apr 06, 2022
Union election petitions surge as U.S. workers organize
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. workers and labor groups filed 57% more petitions to be represented by unions in the last six months as high-profile organizing campaigns at Starbucks Corp, Am...
Apr 06, 2022
Volatility surge causes liquidity strain in rate options market as Fed tightens
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - A surge in hedging to protect against aggressive Federal Reserve tightening has caused liquidity problems in the interest rate options sector, reflecti...
Apr 06, 2022
Trump adviser Bannon blocked from using key defense in July U.S. trial
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday dealt a setback to Steve Bannon ahead of his upcoming criminal trial, blocking former President Donald Trump's adviser from telling jurors...
Apr 06, 2022
Washington’s unwelcome party guest: COVID crashes capital’s reopening
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Washington emerges from its COVID cocoon, with tourists returning to the U.S. Capitol and officials attending a white-tie party that had been scotched for th...
Apr 06, 2022
U.S. South braces for more storms with Georgia under tornado watch
(Reuters) - The threat of tornadoes and other extreme weather again loomed over the U.S. Southeast on Wednesday, a day after a swarm of twisters destroyed structures, uprooted trees and killed at leas...
Apr 06, 2022
Russia’s Ukraine invasion stopped Fed from bigger rate hike
By Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve likely would have raised interest rates by half a percentage point last month to deal a more decisive blow to soaring U.S. inflation,...
Apr 06, 2022
U.S. Postal Service plans to raise prices of first-class mail
(Reuters) - The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Wednesday filed notice of price change with the Postal Regulatory Commission that includes a two-cent increase in the price of a first-class mail...
Apr 06, 2022
Nissan to invest $276 million in Brazil plant, new products
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co on Wednesday said it will invest 1.3 billion reais ($276.12 million) in its plant in Resende in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and in launching new product...
Apr 06, 2022
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