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U.S. CFTC penalizes UBS $500,000 for failing to retain audio recordings
(Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Thursday it sanctioned banking group UBS AG $500,000 for failing to retain certain audio recordings for the time required under CFTC r...
Oct 14, 2021
Latin America to grow 5.9% this year, 2.9% in 2022, says U.N. economic body
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Latin America's economy is expected to grow 5.9% this year and 2.9% in 2022, which is not enough to recover from the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a regiona...
Oct 14, 2021
White House ‘draft material’ on U.S. Supreme Court reforms due later Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commission formed by President Joe Biden to study potential U.S. Supreme Court changes such as expanding the number of justices or imposing term limits on them is set to rel...
Oct 14, 2021
Putin says crypto currencies too unstable to be used for oil contracts
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that crypto currencies were too unstable to be used to settle oil contracts but that they still deserved a place as a means of payment. The Rus...
Oct 14, 2021
Judge expected to sentence real estate heir Robert Durst to life for California murder
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A California judge on Thursday is expected to give a mandatory life prison sentence to multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst, who was convicted last month of murd...
Oct 14, 2021
UniCredit, Amundi back Italy’s first private equity fund for small savers
MILAN (Reuters) - A number of leading financial firms including UniCredit and Credit Agricole's asset manager Amundi have sponsored Italy's first private equity fund targeting retail investors. The fu...
Oct 14, 2021
Moscow to get first Michelin-starred eateries 30 years after Soviet collapse
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Infamous for empty supermarket shelves and grim eateries towards the end of the Soviet Union, Moscow will see some of its restaurants awarded their first post-Sovie...
Oct 14, 2021
Biden to meet with pope, push for global minimum tax at G20 in Rome -official
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis on Oct. 29 before attending a two-day summit of G20 leaders in Rome where he hopes to reach agreement on a Global M...
Oct 14, 2021
LinkedIn to replace networking platform with jobs-only version in China
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn said on Thursday it would pull the plug on its existing professional networking website in China and instead launch a jobs-only version later this year. The new w...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. FDA advisers weigh case for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
(Reuters) – Booster doses of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine improved severe disease protection in people aged 40 and older, Israel’s Health Ministry told an outside panel of ...
Oct 14, 2021
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