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Brazil’s Petrobras to appeal environment agency’s decision to block Amazon drilling project
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Tuesday it will appeal a decision from the country's environmental agency Ibama to reject the firm's request to drill at the Amazon mouth ...
May 18, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court dismisses dispute over Title 42 border expulsions
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case in which Republicans sought to keep in place a policy introduced under former President Donald Trump that had let Americ...
May 18, 2023
Tour estimates lowest Kansas winter wheat yield in over two decades
By Tom Polansek MANHATTAN, Kansas (Reuters) - Wheat yield potential in Kansas was estimated at 30.0 bushels per acre (bpa) on Thursday by crop scouts on an annual Wheat Quality Council tour, the lowes...
May 18, 2023
Startup founder accused of defrauding JPMorgan is indicted
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Charlie Javice, who has been accused of defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co through her now-shuttered college financial aid company Frank, has been indicted over her relationship with ...
May 18, 2023
The bullwhip is back: Harrison Ford in Cannes for ‘Indiana Jones’ premiere
By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) - Harrison Ford was in Cannes for the much-anticipated premiere of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" on Thursday evening, 15 years since the actor last picked ...
May 18, 2023
Currency fluctuations’ effect on N.American cos fell in Q4, report shows
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The negative impact of currency fluctuations on North American companies' results fell in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared with the previous quarter, data from treasury and fin...
May 18, 2023
US steel bridges need better maintenance to prevent collapse, safety board says
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday urged federal and state officials to improve maintenance oversight for more than 10,000 U.S. bridges mad...
May 18, 2023
Egypt’s central bank leaves key interest rates on hold
(Reuters) - Egypt's central bank kept its overnight interest rates unchanged on Thursday, saying that growth had slowed in the fourth quarter and international commodity prices were easing. As forecas...
May 18, 2023
US senator Feinstein suffered more complications from illness than publicly disclosed- NYT
(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who returned to Washington in May after a months-long absence due to shingles, suffered more complications from the illness than were publicly disclosed, the...
May 18, 2023
Disney cancels plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to Florida -company email
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co is scrapping plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to Florida in part because of "changing business conditions" in the state, accord...
May 18, 2023
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