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Biden’s Japan envoy pick vows to make Nissan executive case a priority
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rahm Emanuel, nominee to be the next U.S. ambassador to Tokyo, vowed at his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday to prioritize the case of an American former Nissan Motor ex...
Oct 20, 2021
U.S. election reform bill fails in Senate procedural vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill aimed at thwarting restrictive new voting laws enacted in Republican-led states failed to advance in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, as Republican lawmakers blocked a Democ...
Oct 20, 2021
Canadian home price growth slows to near standstill in September
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian home prices barely rose in September from August as a recent slowdown in housing sales weighed, data showed on Wednesday. The Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price I...
Oct 20, 2021
Biden administration seeks corporate America’s help tracking cyber criminals
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco has a message for corporate America: The U.S. Justice Department needs its help in order to take down cyber criminals....
Oct 20, 2021
Death of Chicago teen looms over hearing for Biden’s Japan nominee
By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Questions about the murder of a Black teenager by a white police officer loomed over the confirmation hearing on Wednesday for former Ch...
Oct 20, 2021
Biden under pressure as U.S.-Mexico border arrests reach record highs
By Kristina Cooke (Reuters) - U.S. authorities arrested 1.7 million migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border this fiscal year, the most ever recorded, according to a U.S. government source familiar with the...
Oct 20, 2021
FAA demanding more transparency from U.S. airplane manufacturers -testimony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will tell U.S. lawmakers on Thursday that the agency is taking a new stance in overseeing the safety efforts of airplane ma...
Oct 20, 2021
UK Serious Fraud Office ‘weaponised’ U.S. fixer in Unaoil case, court told
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) deliberately "weaponised" a U.S.-based fixer in an allegedly improper and unlawful attempt to persuade two defendants to plead gu...
Oct 20, 2021
Boston Fed will not release documents on its former president’s trades
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Boston Federal Reserve will not release documents that could show whether its former president vetted a series of personal investments last year with its...
Oct 20, 2021
United Airlines expects Boeing 777s to return to sky in Q1 of 2022
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -United Airlines said on Wednesday its Boeing 777-200 planes equipped with Pratt & Whitney (PW) engines are expected to return to service as early as in the fir...
Oct 20, 2021
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