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High energy prices no excuse to slow green transition – IMF committee chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High energy prices should not be used as an excuse to slow the transition to clean energy sources to fight climate change, Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson, who head...
Oct 14, 2021
Rivermen season opener postponed due to opposing team’s ice problems
DANVILLE, Ill. – Professional hockey started its regular season this week — unless, unfortunately, you’re the Peoria Rivermen. The Rivermen were to start the season this weekend agai...
Oct 14, 2021
Baosteel says it will fight Nippon Steel’s patent infringement claim
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel) said on Thursday it did not agree with Japanese rival Nippon Steel's claims that it infringed patents. Nippon Steel said on Thursday i...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. elected back to U.N. Human Rights Council after Trump era
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday elected the United States to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, more than three years after the Trump administr...
Oct 14, 2021
Coding platform GitLab valued at $13.48 billion in strong market debut
(Corrects Reuters Instrument Code in paragraph 1) (Reuters) - GitLab Inc shares opened about 22% above their offer price in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, giving the software development platform a m...
Oct 14, 2021
Italy’s antitrust approves with conditions Nexi’s merger with SIA
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority said on Thursday it gave its green light to Nexi's planned acquisition of smaller rival SIA but imposed some conditions on the two groups. Last month Ital...
Oct 14, 2021
France’s Axa to invest 1.5 billion euros to fight deforestation
PARIS (Reuters) - French insurer Axa said on Thursday it will invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.74 billion) to support sustainable forest management as part of new commitments to fight deforestation and pr...
Oct 14, 2021
Column-Global economy faces biggest headwind from inflation
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - Global inflation is spreading to a wider range of goods and services, as the rapid recovery in spending overwhelms the short-term ability of manufacturers, freight firm...
Oct 14, 2021
Fed, nearing bond-buying ‘taper,’ remains divided on inflation
(Reuters) - Despite a broadly shared view that the U.S. labor market has healed enough to allow the Federal Reserve to start reducing its monthly bond purchases as soon as next month, policymakers rem...
Oct 14, 2021
Yellen calls for ‘strong action’ to boost data integrity at IMF, World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday called for "strong action" by international financial institutions to boost accountability, protect data integrity, and prevent ...
Oct 14, 2021
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