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Global shipping in crosshairs as environmental scrutiny deepens
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) - Ocean freight costs are likely to remain high in 2022 as investors and regulators scramble to accelerate decarbonisation of the shipping industry and companies grap...
Dec 22, 2021
Futures little changed amid lingering Omicron worries
By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures struggled for direction on Wednesday, cooling off after a day-earlier rally, as worries lingered about the new Omicron variant of the coronavir...
Dec 22, 2021
Troubled Chinese developer Evergrande says will ‘actively engage’ with creditors
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese property giant Evergrande said on Wednesday it would "actively engage" with its creditors following its recent missed debt repayments. Evergrande, the world's most indebted ...
Dec 22, 2021
More than 4.6 million got health insurance through ACA in 2021 – Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 4.6 million people gained health coverage in the United States in 2021 through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. President Joe Bid...
Dec 22, 2021
EU Commission proposes three new EU taxes to repay recovery fund borrowing
By Jan Strupczewski and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Wednesday three new taxes in the 27-nation bloc that over the coming decades would bring cash to repay the ...
Dec 22, 2021
Analysis-Omicron, inflation cloud 2022 U.S. profit picture
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Profit growth for U.S. corporations is expected to slow next year after a gangbuster 2021, with rising inflation and a rapidly spreading COVID-19 variant ...
Dec 22, 2021
EU proposes law to implement OECD deal on minimum global corporate tax
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed a law on Wednesday that would implement in Europe a global deal struck among the 20 biggest world economies (G20) on a minimum tax rate for compan...
Dec 22, 2021
Centuries-old Good Shepherd ring recovered from shipwrecks off Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A ring bearing an early Christian depiction of Jesus as a shepherd has been found along with other artefacts from centuries-old shipwrecks off the coast of Israel, archaeologists...
Dec 22, 2021
Teen pilot Rutherford takes a step closer to circumnavigating globe
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Teenager Zara Rutherford, bidding to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the globe, recalled the challenges involved in crossing a deserted and icebound Siberia on Wednesd...
Dec 22, 2021
ECB could raise rates as early as in about a year, Holzmann says
VIENNA (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could raise rates as soon as the end of next year, and calling an end to bond purchases would be a strong signal that the move is coming in the next two qu...
Dec 22, 2021
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