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Venezuela’s inflation slows to 234% in 2022, vice president says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Inflation in Venezuela hit 234% in 2022, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday, representing a slowdown from the previous year, as the South American country struggles with...
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Brothers face federal COVID-19 fraud charges
PEORIA, Ill. – Two Peoria residents are the latest to be indicted on federal charges of making false statements in order to get COVID-19 relief funds. The U.S. Attorney’s office says a gra...
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Egypt’s Sisi defends mega-projects with economy under strain
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday defended mega-projects undertaken since he took power, saying they were not to blame for economic turmoil that has seen the currency...
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Los Angeles authorities begin identifying Monterey Park shooting victims
(Reuters) - The Los Angeles county coroner's office on Monday began identifying the 10 people killed in the Lunar New Year massacre inside a popular dance parlor in Monterey Park, California. The coro...
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Fed needs mortgage-backed securities exit plan ‘earlier than later,’ George says
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George has urged her colleagues to come to terms "earlier than later" on a plan for the U.S. central bank to exi...
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Portugal agrees to swap Cape Verde’s debt for environmental investment
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal has signed an agreement to swap Cape Verde's debt for investments in an environmental and climate fund that is being established by the archipelago nati...
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Bloomberg to pay $5 million to settle SEC charges related to fixed-income valuations
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bloomberg Finance LP has agreed to pay a $5 million fine to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over "misleading" disclosures r...
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ECB rates have to rise significantly at steady pace, Lagarde says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will keep raising interest rates quickly to slow inflation which remains far too high, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Monday, largely repeating...
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Nigeria opens ‘game changer’ billion-dollar deep seaport
By Seun Sanni LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria opened a billion-dollar Chinese-built deep seaport in Lagos on Monday, which is expected to ease congestion at the country's ports and help it become an African...
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Turkey preps draft law for debt restructuring before elections -Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's ruling AK Party is preparing a draft law to let people and companies restructure debt to public institutions, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, one of a string of ...
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