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Canada’s CPKC signs deal to study passenger rail project in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's government and railroad company Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have formalized an agreement to study the viability of a passenger rail line from Mexico City to th...
Jul 13, 2023
French ministers urge EU’s Vestager to reconsider US pick for antitrust post
By Foo Yun Chee and Michel Rose BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister and government minister have called EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager to reconsider her appointment of a U.S. e...
Jul 13, 2023
U.S. FTC asks court to temporarily halt Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked a federal court on Thursday for a stay that would prevent Microsoft from closing its $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activis...
Jul 13, 2023
Chinese hackers breached US Commerce chief’s emails; Blinken warns Chinese counterpart
By David Shepardson and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo was among a group of senior U.S. officials whose emails were hacked earlier this year b...
Jul 13, 2023
Fed’s Bullard steps down to be dean at Purdue school of business
(Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard, the U.S. central bank's longest-serving current policymaker and a leading hawkish voice supporting interest-rate hikes, will be leaving h...
Jul 13, 2023
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to re-introduce bill ending the federal death penalty. Here’s why
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is re-introducing a bill that would end the death penalty on a federal level. The bicameral "Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2023" was al...
Jul 13, 2023
Canadian port strike ends with tentative, 4-year deal – statement
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Dock workers at ports along Canada's Pacific coast and their employers accepted a wage deal on Thursday, ending a 13-day strike that disrupted trade at the country's busiest ports a...
Jul 13, 2023
U.S. Treasury posts sharply higher $228 billion June deficit
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government posted a $228 billion budget deficit for June, up 156% from a year earlier as revenues continued to weaken and July benefit payments were acc...
Jul 13, 2023
US fines Texas oil company Callon Permian over emissions
(Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday said Callon Permian LLC was fined $1.3 million for excess emissions from tanks, flares and other equipment at company's oil and g...
Jul 13, 2023
Goldman Sachs is about to report its worst quarterly earnings in years – Semafor
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs will report its worst quarterly earnings in years next week, with a return on equity in the low single digits, Semafor reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the ma...
Jul 13, 2023
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