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South American nations push to exclude fertilizer from Russia sanctions
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Six South American nations are proposing the exclusion of fertilizer from sanctions on Russia, a major world producer whose invasion of Ukraine has disrupted su...
Mar 10, 2022
U.S. IRS plans 10,000 hires to help clear millions of unprocessed tax returns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service plans to launch job fairs and other efforts to hire 10,000 new employees over the next several months to help clear millions of unprocessed tax retu...
Mar 10, 2022
Exclusive-Facebook will temporarily allow posts calling for violence against Russians, calls for Putin’s death
By Munsif Vengattil and Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the conte...
Mar 10, 2022
New York’s first marijuana retail permits to go to people with convictions
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first licenses to open the newly legalized marijuana retail outlets coming to New York later this year will be reserved for people with prior marijuana-relat...
Mar 10, 2022
Farmers, facing more cost increases, may ultimately be forced to increase crop prices
PEORIA, Ill. — The price of ingredients needed to make and use fertilizer for crops in the U.S. will continue to rise, according to ag business analysts and it’s due to the much lower supp...
Mar 10, 2022
Oracle profit takes a hit from higher cloud ramp-up cost
(Reuters) - Oracle Corp missed market expectations for third-quarter profit as the legacy software firm spent heavily to build data centers and ramp up cloud growth while also facing losses from some ...
Mar 10, 2022
Mexican president urges Argentina to accept IMF debt deal
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday urged Argentina to accept a new $45 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) instead of defaulting on i...
Mar 10, 2022
Chile regulator fines BHP’s Escondida mine for damage in Salar de Atacama
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's environmental regulator said on Thursday it had fined Escondida mine, controlled by company BHP, $8.2 million for damage caused by water extraction in the Salar de Atacama...
Mar 10, 2022
IMF chief Georgieva says Ukraine war to lower global growth forecast
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The war in Ukraine and massive sanctions against Russia have triggered a contraction in global trade, sending food and energy prices sharply higher, which will ...
Mar 10, 2022
Russian rouble ticks up in thin volumes, outlook bleak
(Reuters) - The rouble ticked up in both Moscow and international FX markets on Thursday after the first formal talks between Russia and Ukraine's foreign ministers, even though the meeting made no pr...
Mar 10, 2022
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