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U.S. Sen. Manchin wants Fed nominee vote to go ahead, without Raskin
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin wants his fellow Democrats on the Senate Banking committee to move ahead with four of President Joe Biden's five nominees to the Federal Reserve, dropping the fift...
Mar 10, 2022
As Omicron surges, New Zealand’s businesses want COVID bubble burst
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's tight COVID-19 bubble was once globally lauded but for local business, the strict border controls increasingly feel like a straitjacket as a lack o...
Mar 10, 2022
Brazil’s Senate approves bills to curb fuel prices
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Senate approved on Thursday two bills aimed at curbing fuel price hikes with subsidies and tax exemptions, a positive move potentially for state-run oil company Petrobras...
Mar 10, 2022
As oil prices soar, U.S. shale, OPEC in no rush to resume price war
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - U.S. shale producers and OPEC, who not long ago were waging a price war, this week found themselves on similar sides as oil prices have surged well above $100 a barrel: in n...
Mar 10, 2022
Factbox-U.S. banks in Russia by the numbers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major U.S. banks have started announcing plans to wind down operations in Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine and retaliatory sanctions. On Thursday, Goldman Sachs Group...
Mar 10, 2022
Insurer AIA launches $10-billion buyback as new business value rises 22%
(Reuters) - AIA Group Ltd on Friday launched a $10 billion share buyback plan and declared a higher final dividend as new business value jumped 22% in 2021, boosted by strong growth across markets, es...
Mar 10, 2022
Americans consider fewer nights out as rising gasoline prices bite -Reuters/Ipsos
By Jason Lange and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers plan to cut spending on restaurant meals and movies if gasoline prices keep rising as Russia's invasion of Ukraine rattles the globa...
Mar 10, 2022
BOC Aviation says sanctions deadline to end Russian leases is ‘unrealistic’
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation Ltd believes a deadline giving lessors just over two weeks left to end contracts with Russian carriers due to sanctions over its invasion of Ukr...
Mar 10, 2022
Barclays names Ihsan Essaid co-head of global M&A – memo
(Reuters) - Barclays appointed Ihsan Essaid as co-head of its global mergers and acquisitions business, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. Essaid is a veteran of about three decades in t...
Mar 10, 2022
Rivian shares tumble as supply-chain woes cut production outlook in half
By Akash Sriram and Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Rivian Automotive Inc warned on Thursday that supply-chain issues could cut its planned production in half in 2022 to 25,000 vehicles, sending shares of th...
Mar 10, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
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