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White House asks Congress for $6.4 billion for Ukraine crisis
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House asked Congress on Friday to approve $6.4 billion in aid to address the humanitarian and security crisis in Ukraine after Russia invaded the ...
Feb 25, 2022
Moody’s warns of pushing Russia into junk territory after invasion of Ukraine
(Reuters) - Moody's said on Friday it has put its credit ratings of Russia and Ukraine on review for a downgrade, after Moscow invaded the neighboring country in what is the biggest attack on a Europe...
Feb 25, 2022
U.S. to impose blocking sanctions on state-owned Russia Direct Investment Fund
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department will impose "full blocking sanctions" on state-owned Russian Direct Investment Fund, a White House spokesperson said in a tweet on Friday. The fund ...
Feb 25, 2022
Workers at an Arizona cafe Starbucks win union drive
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) -Workers at a Starbucks Corp cafe in Mesa, Arizona, on Friday won their bid to join a labor union, marking the first company-owned U.S. location outside of New York s...
Feb 25, 2022
Western businesses cut some Russia ties over Ukraine invasion
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Some Western companies severed their ties with Russia on Friday, and others studied whether and how to do so, as President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine triggered san...
Feb 25, 2022
Colombia’s Grupo SURA reports net profit of 406,748 billion pesos in Q4
(Reuters) - Net profit at Grupo SURA, Colombia's largest investment company, amounted to 406,748 billion pesos ($103 million) in the fourth quarter, compared to a net loss of 61.3 billion pesos posted...
Feb 25, 2022
U.S. issues new general license on Afghanistan financial transactions – U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Friday issued a new general license allowing international aid organizations and private firms to conduct commercial and financial transactions with Afghan ...
Feb 25, 2022
Stocks rally, oil dips as investors digest sanctions on Russia
By Sinad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks around the world rebounded on Friday, the U.S. dollar fell and oil prices dipped as investors welcomed talk of renewed diplomacy after Russia's invasion of U...
Feb 25, 2022
Texas police-shooting victim featured in Reuters qualified immunity series dies
By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Collie, a Fort Worth, Texas, man whose bid to hold police liable for shooting him in the back and leaving him paralyzed was blocked by the legal doctrine kno...
Feb 25, 2022
Brazil cuts industrial tax by 25% for most products
(Reuters) -Brazil's government announced through a presidential decree a 25% cut to its industrial tax (IPI) for most products in a move to ease inflation and help local industry recover from a pandem...
Feb 25, 2022
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