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Factbox-Meet the big bank CEOs set to be grilled by Congress
By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) - U.S. legislators will grill the bosses of the biggest U.S. consumer banks in Congress on Wednesday and Thursday on a slew of topics from the state of the economy to hot-b...
Sep 20, 2022
Biden to nominate career diplomat Tracy as ambassador to Russia, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will nominate career diplomat Lynne Tracy, currently the U.S. ambassador to Armenia, as ambassador to Russia, the White House said on Tuesday. The post in Rus...
Sep 20, 2022
U.S. expects more banks will cut off Russian payment system Mir – senior official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Steps that Turkish lenders Isbank and Denizbank took to suspend the use of Russian payment system Mir make a lot of sense, a senior U.S. administration official said on Tuesday,...
Sep 20, 2022
U.S. Senator Manchin to unveil energy permitting measure on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin will unveil his full energy permitting bill on Wednesday to speed fossil fuel projects and offer incentives for renewable energy electricity transmissio...
Sep 20, 2022
Exclusive-Investigation into IDB chief supports allegations of relationship with staffer- sources
By Cassandra Garrison and Andrea Shalal MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An independent investigation found evidence that the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) chief, Mauricio Claver-Carone, e...
Sep 20, 2022
‘Brazen scheme’ stole $250 million from pandemic child food program, U.S. says
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against 47 people they accuse of stealing about $250 million from a federal aid program meant to help feed child...
Sep 20, 2022
ECB’s Lagarde raises prospect of rate hikes beyond neutral level
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates to a level that restricts economic growth in order to cool demand and combat unacceptably high inflation, ECB President ...
Sep 20, 2022
Moscow exchange to stop trading in British pounds on Oct 3
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Moscow Exchange said on Tuesday that it would stop trading in British pounds in its foreign currency market on Oct. 3. "Suspension of these operations is due to potential r...
Sep 20, 2022
U.S. senators want secondary sanctions on Russian oil
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican senators urged U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday to impose secondary sanctions on international banks to streng...
Sep 20, 2022
White House says aware of migrant flight to near Biden’s Delaware beach house
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday said it was aware of a reported flight of migrants to an area near President Joe Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and was working wi...
Sep 20, 2022
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