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Barclays hires from Moelis for activism defense, ESG group
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Barclays PLC has hired an executive from a rival bank for its mergers, acquisitions, activism and ESG advisory group as demand increases from corporate client...
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LME imposes price limits for the first time after nickel crisis
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) - Nickel will resume trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME) in a fixed price range for the first time on Wednesday after extreme volatility in prices triggered a ra...
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Georgia poised to join Florida with Republican-backed law to police elections
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in Georgia were poised on Tuesday to advance a bill expanding law enforcement's power to investigate election fraud, adding to a broader push by U.S. cons...
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White House to reopen to public tours as Omicron fades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will reopen to the public next month after being shuttered two years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it said on Tuesday, with the U.S. Capitol reportedly also weighi...
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EU countries back plan for world-first carbon border tariff
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries on Tuesday backed the bloc's plan to impose a world-first carbon dioxide emissions tariff on imports of polluting goods, although the finer...
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Cargo ship runs aground in U.S., a year after company’s other ship blocked Suez
(Reuters) - The Ever Forward container ship is currently grounded in the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, nearly a year after another ship run by the same company bloc...
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History of sovereign debt defaults
(Reuters) - Russia faces its first major external debt default since 1917 as Western sanctions in response to its invasion of Ukraine limit its ability to service foreign bonds. Russia has $117 millio...
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Ex-Proud Boys chairman Tarrio ordered detained pending trial in Capitol riots case
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. magistrate judge in Miami on Tuesday ordered that former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio should be detained while he awaits trial on charges stemming...
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Walmart’s Mexico unit aims to double mobile phone service users in 2022
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Walmart's Mexico unit is aiming to double the number of users connected to its mobile phone service in 2022, an executive said at the company's investors day Tuesday. The servi...
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Amazon wins EU antitrust nod for $8.5 billion MGM acquisition
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Amazon on Tuesday gained unconditional EU antitrust approval for its proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of U.S. movie studio MGM, a move that will help it better co...
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