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Former House speaker Madigan indicted in federal racketeering probe
UPDATED 9:11 P.M. CHICAGO, Ill. – The hammer has now come down on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan — sometimes called “The Velvet Hammer.” According to the U.S. At...
Will Stevenson Mar 02, 2022
Mexico central bank says Ukraine crisis could spur new inflation
By Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank on Wednesday said pandemic shocks on inflation have been deeper and longer lasting than expected, and the bank could not rule out new p...
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Ukraine invasion worsens UK inflation trade-off – BoE’s Tenreyro
LONDON (Reuters) -The surge in energy prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine will hurt British economic growth as well as raising short-term inflation pressures, Bank of England policymaker Sil...
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Saddle Point launches proxy contest at defense company Curtiss-Wright
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Investment firm Saddle Point privately nominated four directors to the board of Curtiss-Wright Corp, arguing the company's stock is undervalued because it lac...
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UniCredit’s Banco BPM bid plan stymied by Ukraine crisis, sources say
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - UniCredit has paused efforts to buy Banco BPM after losing more than a fifth of its value since Russia invaded Ukraine, two sources close to the matter told Reut...
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Spotify closes its office in Russia in response to attack on Ukraine
(Reuters) - Spotify said on Wednesday it has closed its office in Russia indefinitely in response to what the audio streaming platform described as Moscow's "unprovoked attack on Ukraine." Since July ...
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Russia ETF draws meme stock-like trading frenzy
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - The battered shares of Van Eck's Russia ETF are attracting a surge of interest from traders and drawing comparisons to last year's frenzy in so-called meme st...
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Citigroup could lose billions of dollars in Russia in worst scenario -CFO
By Matt Scuffham, David Henry and Noor Zainab Hussain NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup Inc could face billions of dollars of losses at its Russian business under the worst case scenario, although it expe...
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Yellen says Treasury to curb wealth of Russian oligarchs over Ukraine war
By David Lawder CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that the United States and Western allies have immobilized half of the assets of the Russian central bank and...
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Lordstown Motors ex-CEO sold shares day before GM said it exited stake -filing
(Reuters) - The former chief executive of electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors Corp sold $13.5 million worth of shares in the electric vehicle startup on Feb. 28, according to a regulatory filing...
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