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Biden spending bill ignites debate over dairy methane pollution
By Leah Douglas and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. President Joe Biden's administration seeks to revive its ambitious social spending and climate plan in Congress, environmental groups a...
Jan 11, 2022
Fed’s Powell sees tweaks to key leverage ratio, climate analysis on agenda going forward
By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday the Fed is looking to tweak a key leverage requirement and sees climate stress scenario analysis as a "key tool" for e...
Jan 11, 2022
Factbox-Corporate America revamps back-to-office plans on Omicron threat
(Reuters) - Companies across the United States are revising their back-to-office plans, driven by rising uncertainty around the Omicron COVID-19 variant that has pushed up infections to record levels ...
Jan 11, 2022
Fed’s Powell: We will reduce balance sheet sooner and faster than last time
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
Central American bank funds Cuban COVID-19 vaccine drive
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - The Central American Bank for Economic Integration said it would give Cuba a loan of 46.7 million euros ($53.1 million) to help bolster the communist-run country's COV...
Jan 11, 2022
World Bank chief calls on central banks to cut long-term bond holdings
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President David Malpass said on Tuesday that central banks should reduce long-term bond holdings rather than shrinking short-term as...
Jan 11, 2022
Analysis-After U.S. bank stock surge, options traders brace for earnings-fueled volatility
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank stocks have rallied in recent weeks, but a pick-up in hedging on a key financial sector exchange-traded fund may be a sign that investors are wary of ear...
Jan 11, 2022
Renault hires two ex-PSA executives for its engineering division -sources
PARIS (Reuters) - French car-maker Renault has poached two experts in new technologies from PSA, now part of Stellantis, two sources close to the company told Reuters, to help its efforts in developin...
Jan 11, 2022
Blackstone-backed Candle Media acquires Faraway Road Productions
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Blackstone-backed Candle Media is buying Faraway Road Productions, the Israeli studio behind popular Netflix series "Fauda" and the upcoming feature film "Siege of Beth...
Jan 11, 2022
Biden EPA advances efforts to curb toxic coal ash contamination
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency announced new steps on Tuesday to force utilities to strengthen safeguards for toxic coal ash pollution from power plant...
Jan 11, 2022
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