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EU countries call for cybersecurity emergency response fund -document
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Telecoms ministers from the 27 EU countries want the European Commission to set up a cybersecurity emergency response fund to counter large-scale cyberattacks, citing the recent a...
Mar 08, 2022
Senate Majority leader Schumer: expect to pass U.S. spending bill by week’s end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he aimed to pass an omnibus government spending bill by the end of the week that will include more than $12 billion in ...
Mar 08, 2022
More than 140 U.S. lawmakers urge speedy action on chips funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of more than 140 U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged leaders in Congress to approve $52 billion in government subsidies for semiconductor chip...
Mar 08, 2022
Italy to give new electric car buyers subsidy of up to 6,000 euros
(Corrects 2nd paragraph to say Rome has approved decree to set aside money) ROME (Reuters) - Italy plans to subsidise up to 6,000 euros ($6,570) of the purchase price of new electric vehicles as part ...
Mar 08, 2022
Europe’s six-month diesel spread hits a record high above $500/T
LONDON (Reuters) - The European benchmark price for a tonne of diesel now surged to a record $509.75 more than for diesel in six month's time on Tuesday as fears of disruptions to Russian fuel supplie...
Mar 08, 2022
Watchdog: Homeland Security office failed to warn about Capitol threats
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office was aware in advance about threats connected to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, but fail...
Mar 08, 2022
Factbox-Apple upgrades iPhone SE and iPad Air, launches Mac Studio
(Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday launched a low cost 5G iPhone SE, the cheapest of its kind, that would directly compete with rivals in the mid-range smartphone market and give the world's most valuab...
Mar 08, 2022
Consumer goods giant Unilever to suspend its Russian imports, exports
(Reuters) -Unilever on Tuesday became the first major European food company to stop imports and exports out of Russia after the country's invasion of Ukraine. Earlier in the day, Shell said it would s...
Mar 08, 2022
U.S. crypto exchange CoinZoom pausing new accounts within Russia -CEO
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - Utah-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinZoom is pausing applications for new accounts within Russia following the country's escalating conflict in Ukraine, the company's chie...
Mar 08, 2022
Explainer-LME nickel surge puts clearing houses in the spotlight
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The London Metal Exchange (LME) took emergency measures to halt trading in nickel on Tuesday as prices doubled to more than $100,000 a tonne. The surge was blamed on sh...
Mar 08, 2022
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