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U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘major questions’ test may doom Biden student debt plan
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shanna Hayes in 2007 became the first member of her immediate family to attend college. She did not realize she was setting off on a path toward another, less-wel...
Feb 23, 2023
Ex-producer Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing for Los Angeles rape conviction
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, i...
Feb 23, 2023
U.S. manufacturers see big boost from government subsidies and tax breaks
By Timothy Aeppel NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio (Reuters) - A 77-year-old factory in a hard-luck Ohio town sputtered into high gear to produce a new line of electric garbage trucks. A short drive away, const...
Feb 23, 2023
Senator Warren urges U.S. patent office to scrutinize Merck’s Keytruda
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has sent the nation's top patent regulator a letter urging close scrutiny of Merck & Co's requests for new patents on its blockbuste...
Feb 23, 2023
DeSantis to host donors ahead of likely 2024 White House bid
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will host an event for top donors and social-media influencers this weekend, the latest in a flurry of moves that suggest he's ra...
Feb 23, 2023
EU Commission staff told to remove TikTok from phones, EU industry chief says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is asking its employees to remove the Chinese short video-sharing app TikTok from their corporate phones, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Thursday...
Feb 23, 2023
U.S. to ‘quickly’ nominate candidate to lead World Bank, Yellen says
By David Lawder BENGALURU (Reuters) - The United States intends to "quickly" nominate a candidate for the World Bank presidency who is committed to the lender's poverty reduction mission as well as le...
Feb 23, 2023
Euro zone inflation marginally higher in Jan; core also lifted
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation was only a touch higher in January than earlier estimated, Eurostat said on Thursday, confirming that price growth is now well past its peak, even if underlyi...
Feb 23, 2023
SEC opposes Binance.US’ $1 billion Voyager deal – CoinDesk
(Reuters) - New York and U.S. federal finance regulators have opposed the $1.02 billion deal by Binance.US to purchase assets of defunct crypto lender Voyager, CoinDesk reported on Thursday, citing Se...
Feb 23, 2023
Botswana central bank holds monetary policy rate steady
GABORONE (Reuters) -Botswana's central bank kept its monetary policy rate unchanged at 2.65% on Thursday, saying it expected inflation to fall this year and next. Botswana's consumer inflation dropped...
Feb 23, 2023
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