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Goldman Sachs slashes CEO Solomon’s pay 29% to $25 million
By Lananh Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Goldman Sachs Group Inc. slashed compensation for its Chief Executive Officer David Solomon by 29% to $25 million for 2022, the bank said in a filing Friday. Solom...
Jan 27, 2023
White House and European Commission to launch first-of-its-kind AI agreement
By Suzanne Smalley (Reuters) - The White House and European Commission will announce on Friday an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcar...
Jan 27, 2023
Italy, Lufthansa sign letter of intent over ITA minority stake sale
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's Treasury on Friday said it had signed a letter of intent with Lufthansa over the sale of a minority stake in state-owned airline ITA Airways, paving the way for negotiations wi...
Jan 27, 2023
Cash-strapped Finnish zoo may have to return giant pandas to China
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A cash-strapped Finnish zoo said on Friday it was preparing to return two giant pandas on loan from China as it could no longer afford their upkeep. The pandas, named Lumi and Pyr...
Jan 27, 2023
Actor Alan Cumming gives back his OBE award over ‘toxicity of empire’
LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish actor Alan Cumming said on Friday he was giving back his OBE - Officer of the Order of the British Empire - award, saying his eyes had been "opened" over "the toxicity of e...
Jan 27, 2023
U.S. consumer moods brighten to kick of 2023, inflation views down
(Reuters) - U.S. consumers entered 2023 with the most optimism in nine months, buoyed by healthy incomes and easing inflation even as most worry a recession could trip up the economy this year. The Un...
Jan 27, 2023
Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.5 accounts for 61.3% of U.S. COVID cases – CDC
(Reuters) - The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 has likely become the dominant variant in the United States, accounting for 61.3% of COVID cases in the week ended Jan. 28, data from the U.S. Centers for Di...
Jan 27, 2023
Brazil’s central bank to keep wary stance against govt flak: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank will keep a wary stance next week against strong criticism from recently elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, maintaining the Se...
Jan 27, 2023
U.S. states challenge Biden rule on socially conscious investing
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A coalition of 25 U.S. states led by Texas and Utah filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down a Biden administration rule allowing retirement plans to consider environmenta...
Jan 27, 2023
U.S. pending home sales post first gain in seven months in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes increased for the first time in seven months in December as mortgage rates declined, another hopeful sign that the embattled housing...
Jan 27, 2023
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