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Taliban increase payment in wheat as economic crisis deepens
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban administration said on Tuesday it was expanding its 'food for work' program, in which it uses donated wheat to pay thousands of public sector employees instead of cash as...
Jan 11, 2022
Fed balance sheet drawdown coming, says Powell at confirmation hearing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials will likely move sooner and faster when reducing the central bank's nearly $9 trillion balance sheet than it has during previous tightening cycles, but n...
Jan 11, 2022
BofA cuts Mexico 2022 GDP outlook to 1.5%
(Reuters) - BofA Securities on Tuesday slashed its 2022 forecast for Mexican gross domestic product growth to 1.5% from 2.5% previously, citing weaker than expected domestic economic activity. BofA sa...
Jan 11, 2022
Domino’s cuts back on promotional offers as costs bite
(Reuters) - Higher food costs due to record levels of inflation has forced Domino's Pizza Inc to scale back some of its promotional offers for 2022 in the United States, the company said on Tuesday. T...
Jan 11, 2022
U.S. labor regulator sets dates for union vote at Amazon warehouse in Alabama
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. National Labor Relations Board said on Tuesday that it will send unionization ballots to workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama on February 4. Ballots i...
Jan 11, 2022
FAA briefly halted some U.S. West Coast flights around time of N.Korea launch
By David Shepardson and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday said it briefly halted departures at some West Coast airports on Monday around the ...
Jan 11, 2022
GM challenges Carvana with CarBravo online used car marketplace
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co said it will launch a new, online used vehicle market called CarBravo that will allow the automaker and its dealers to challenge Carvana Co, Carma...
Jan 11, 2022
Kasper: The Omicron variant will eventually break
PEORIA, Ill. — With a record number of new COVID cases reported in the U.S. on Monday, hospitalizations and outcomes are very high, with a majority of cases attributed to the highly transmissibl...
Jan 11, 2022
Biden says U.S. is on the right track in fight against COVID-19
By Jeff Mason and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday expressed confidence the United States was on the right track in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, even as...
Jan 11, 2022
Colombian startup Tul raises $181 million, plans Brazil, Mexico expansion
By Aluisio Alves SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Colombian startup Tul, an e-commerce platform that sells construction materials to small-sized retailers, announced on Tuesday it has raised $181 million in a fu...
Jan 11, 2022
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