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Portugal’s February inflation slows down to 8.2%
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese consumer prices rose 8.2% year-on-year in February in a slowdown from 8.4% reported in the previous month, flash data from National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on T...
Feb 28, 2023
US House Republicans target ESG investments in latest culture war salvo
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House is expected to vote on Tuesday on a bill to block President Joe Biden's administration from allowing retirement plans to con...
Feb 28, 2023
First U.S. House China select committee to focus on human rights
By Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new U.S. congressional select committee on competition with China will hold a first hearing focused largely on human rights on Tuesday...
Feb 28, 2023
Crime tops Chicago voters’ concerns in mayoral election
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Chicago voters will cast ballots on Tuesday for mayor amid deepening worries about the city's rising crime rate, with polls showing public safety is far and away the top conce...
Feb 28, 2023
US Supreme Court scrutinizes Biden college student debt relief
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fate of President Joe Biden's plan to cancel $430 billion in student debt for some 40 million borrowers is placed in the hands of the U.S. Su...
Feb 28, 2023
Russian court fines Wikipedia over military ‘misinformation’
(Reuters) - The Wikimedia Foundation was fined 2 million roubles ($27,000) by a Russian court on Tuesday after the authorities accused it of failing to delete "misinformation" about the Russian milita...
Feb 28, 2023
Sweden’s economy shrank more than expected in Q4 as cost of living crisis hit
By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's economy fared much worse than previously thought in the fourth quarter of 2022 as inflation and the war in Ukraine hit households and businesses, figur...
Feb 28, 2023
EU antitrust regulators narrow case against Apple
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators on Tuesday narrowed their case against Apple, saying its App Store rules that prevent developers from informing users of other purchasing options violate t...
Feb 28, 2023
Futures slip as yields rise on bets of higher rates
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slipped on Tuesday as Treasury yields rose to near multi-month highs on increased chances of more interest rate hikes due to elevated inflation and a strong domest...
Feb 28, 2023
‘Triangle of Sadness’ director Ostlund named Cannes Film Festival jury president
PARIS (Reuters) - Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, two-times winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, has been named jury president for this year's competition. "I am happy, proud, and hum...
Feb 28, 2023
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