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Portugal eyes small budget surplus in 2024 despite slowing growth
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal unveiled its draft 2024 budget on Tuesday, projecting a surplus of 0.2% of GDP despite a further economic slowdown to 1.5% from this year's expected 2.2...
Oct 10, 2023
Gene editing offers chickens some protection against bird flu -study
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists in Britain have found they can partially protect chickens from bird flu infections by editing their genes, signaling a new potential strategy to reduce t...
Oct 10, 2023
Climate change drove deadly winter heat wave in South America, study says
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Global warming was the main driver of the heat wave that scorched South America for most of August and September and raised temperatures by as much as 4.3 degrees ...
Oct 10, 2023
NY Fed finds mixed bag for consumer’s expected inflation path in September
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) - Americans had a mixed take on the outlook for inflation last month, as they downgraded their views on their personal financial situations and predicted a big cooling in...
Oct 10, 2023
Boeing 737 MAX monthly deliveries fall to lowest since 2021
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX fell in September to the lowest level since August 2021, the plane maker said on Tuesday, as it continues strugg...
Oct 10, 2023
Fed’s Bostic sees no more U.S. rate hikes, no recession
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic on Tuesday said the U.S. central bank need not raise borrowing costs any further, and sees no recession ahead even as th...
Oct 10, 2023
US wholesale inventories unrevised in August, sales jump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. wholesale inventories fell for a sixth straight month in August, but the pace of decline slowed amid a surge in sales. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that wholesal...
Oct 10, 2023
Walmart expands online healthcare facility for US employees
(Reuters) - Walmart said on Tuesday it will expand online primary care facilities as part of its employee health insurance plan to its workers in 28 U.S. states. The retailer employs more than 2 milli...
Oct 10, 2023
Top US general faces tough task of assuring Europe of Ukraine support
By Idrees Ali BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Air Force General Charles Q. Brown, on his first trip as the top U.S. general, needs to convince European allies that Washington is committed to supporting Ukraine, ...
Oct 10, 2023
World Bank chief Banga says Gaza conflict is economic shock ‘we don’t need’
MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) - World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Thursday that the Israel-Gaza conflict is an unnecessary global economic shock that will make it harder for central banks to achi...
Oct 10, 2023
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