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Fed’s Bullard steps down to be dean at Purdue school of business
(Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard, the U.S. central bank's longest-serving current policymaker and a leading hawkish voice supporting interest-rate hikes, will be leaving h...
Jul 13, 2023
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to re-introduce bill ending the federal death penalty. Here’s why
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is re-introducing a bill that would end the death penalty on a federal level. The bicameral "Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2023" was al...
Jul 13, 2023
Canadian port strike ends with tentative, 4-year deal – statement
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Dock workers at ports along Canada's Pacific coast and their employers accepted a wage deal on Thursday, ending a 13-day strike that disrupted trade at the country's busiest ports a...
Jul 13, 2023
U.S. Treasury posts sharply higher $228 billion June deficit
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government posted a $228 billion budget deficit for June, up 156% from a year earlier as revenues continued to weaken and July benefit payments were acc...
Jul 13, 2023
US fines Texas oil company Callon Permian over emissions
(Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday said Callon Permian LLC was fined $1.3 million for excess emissions from tanks, flares and other equipment at company's oil and g...
Jul 13, 2023
Goldman Sachs is about to report its worst quarterly earnings in years – Semafor
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs will report its worst quarterly earnings in years next week, with a return on equity in the low single digits, Semafor reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the ma...
Jul 13, 2023
EU bank unveils new fund worth 400 million euros to help rebuild Ukraine
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's lending arm on Thursday unveiled a new fund worth 400 million euros ($447 mln) to spend on rebuilding Ukraine before the bloc's longer-t...
Jul 13, 2023
Euro zone ministers agree on gradual wind-down of spending
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Thursday that the single currency area needed a "determined, gradual and realistic" reduction of government spending to boost economic growth...
Jul 13, 2023
Biden to host Israel’s president at White House on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the White House on Tuesday when they will discuss Israel's regional integration and Russia's military ties wi...
Jul 13, 2023
NextDecade shares fall 23% as LNG project funding disappoints investors
(Reuters) - NextDecade Corp shares fell 23% on Thursday on investor worries over the terms of $18.4 billion financing the U.S. liquefied natural gas developer obtained to go ahead with the long-delaye...
Jul 13, 2023
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