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Oil could jump back above $100 as traders assess Russia SWIFT ban, analysts say
By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) - A decision by Western allies on Saturday to block certain Russian banks from the SWIFT payments system is likely to lift oil prices well above $100 a barrel as risk...
Feb 27, 2022
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to vote against Apple management’s pay plan
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, will vote against ratification of tech giant Apple Inc's management remuneration plan, the fund's manager said on Su...
Feb 27, 2022
Russian central bank eases caps on banks’ open foreign currency positions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank said on Sunday it was temporarily easing restrictions on banks' open foreign currency positions after the West decided to block certain Russian banks' access t...
Feb 27, 2022
Russia demands Google restore access to its media YouTube channels in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state communications regulator on Sunday said it had written to Alphabet Inc's Google and demanded that access to Russian media's YouTube channels be restored on Ukrainian ...
Feb 27, 2022
Japan joins U.S., others in excluding Russia from SWIFT system
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will join the United States and other Western countries in blocking certain Russian banks' access to the SWIFT international payment system, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on...
Feb 27, 2022
Ukraine’s government raises crypto worth $8 million in crowdfunding appeal
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Ukraine's government has raised almost $8 million in cryptocurrencies after posting appeals on social media for donations of bitcoin and other digital tokens, accordin...
Feb 27, 2022
U.S. Democrats stockpile lawyers, money to fight Republican voting laws
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are gearing up to spend record sums on lawyers, advertising and other protect-the-vote efforts before the 2022 midterm elections, hoping to stave o...
Feb 27, 2022
Face masks go from ‘universal’ to ‘recommended’ in Peoria Public Schools
PEORIA, Ill. – It might be the sort of reprieve parents in Peoria Public Schools wanted after recently threatening their own lawsuit over the district’s universal mask mandate. District 15...
Feb 27, 2022
Stocks set for a painful week as conflict intensifies; bonds to gain
By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - World markets were set for another tumultuous week after Western nations announced a harsh set of sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and as ...
Feb 27, 2022
Germany to step up plans to cut dependence on Russia gas
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will make good on plans to build two liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and up its natural gas reserves to cut its dependence on Russian gas after Russia's invasion of Uk...
Feb 27, 2022
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