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BlackRock favors U.S., Japanese equities vs European
(Reuters) - BlackRock said on Monday in a market strategy research note that it now favors U.S. and Japanese equities over European stocks due to energy shock related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ...
Mar 28, 2022
Oscars broadcast draws 15.36 million viewers on ABC, early data show
(Reuters) - Roughly 15.36 million people watched Sunday's live Academy Awards broadcast on Walt Disney Co's ABC network, according to preliminary ratings data released on Monday. The figure rose from ...
Mar 28, 2022
EU launches first WTO challenge against Britain over green subsidies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has launched its first ever challenge against Britain at the World Trade Organization over its former member's green subsidy scheme. The European Commission, wh...
Mar 28, 2022
Biden wants $813 billion for defense as Ukraine crisis raises alarm
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's record peacetime national defense budget request of $813 billion boasts a 4.6% pay raise for troops and the largest research and development ...
Mar 28, 2022
U.S. Treasury proposes ‘top-up’ plan to enforce 15% global minimum corporate tax
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Monday proposed a new mechanism to comply with and enforce a 15% global corporate minimum tax agreed last year by 136 countries, partly by denying deduction...
Mar 28, 2022
Biden budget plan seeks to add corporate buyback restrictions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. corporate buybacks are being targeted in U.S. President Joe Biden's 2023 budget plan announced Monday, which seeks to discourage corporations from using profits to repurchase...
Mar 28, 2022
U.S. auto sales set for weakest quarter in a decade – Cox Automotive
(Reuters) - U.S. new vehicle sales could fall in March and mark the weakest first-quarter volume in the past decade as chip shortages and the Ukraine crisis squeeze inventories, research firm Cox Auto...
Mar 28, 2022
U.S. consumer watchdog plans to establish ‘dedicated units’ to better detect repeat offenses -director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to establish "dedicated units" within its enforcement and supervision divisions to better detect repeat corporate offe...
Mar 28, 2022
Florida governor says he is signing bill limiting LGBTQ instruction in schools
(Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Monday he is signing into law a Republican-backed bill that would prohibit classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for many yo...
Mar 28, 2022
U.S. Capitol riot probe wants to talk with Justice Thomas’ wife -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will seek an interview with Virginia Thomas, a Republican activist and wife of Supreme ...
Mar 28, 2022
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