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Record corporate tax haul brightens Irish public finances
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland collected 9.4%, or 5.4 billion euros ($6 billion), more tax than expected in the first 11 months after it took in a record amount of corporate tax in Novem...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. EPA allocates billions in water funding from infrastructure law to states
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released over $7 billion to state governments and tribes to upgrade drinking and waste water systems, t...
Dec 02, 2021
Federal prison time for Pekin man on meth charge
PEORIA, Ill. – A Pekin man is going to federal prison for more than a decade for having methamphetamine in his possession two years ago, and admitting he had just been released from prison when ...
Dec 02, 2021
NFTs next hit may be music industry, former manager for Elton John, Beyonce says
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - As a former music manager who once counted Elton John, Beyonce and Guns N' Roses as clients, Merck Mercuriadis has an eye for talent and a knack for identifying trends....
Dec 02, 2021
Mexico may impose tariffs over proposed U.S. electric car tax credit
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is analyzing a range of responses to a proposed U.S. electric vehicle tax credit and would even consider applying tariffs, Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier sai...
Dec 02, 2021
Former DEA official helped pharma company get drug quota increase, says watchdog
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former senior official at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration improperly gave preferential treatment to a pharmaceutical company that was seeking a quot...
Dec 02, 2021
Cash stopped flowing in to EMs outside China this quarter -IIF
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Capital flows to emerging markets not including China suffered a "sudden stop" this quarter according to the Institute of International Finance, setting up some EMs poorly for an ...
Dec 02, 2021
EU imposes new sanctions on Belarus in coordination with U.S., Britain
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union imposed sanctions on state-owned Belarusian airline Belavia on Thursday, accusing the company of flying in migrants as a tactic to destabilise European states, ...
Dec 02, 2021
Lack of U.S.-UK trade deal not connected to post-Brexit concerns -U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lack of a deal with the United States to remove tariffs on UK steel and aluminum is not connected with any concerns about post-Brexit trade rules affecting Northern Ireland,...
Dec 02, 2021
PPF looking at divesting or taking on partners in some Home Credit markets
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech investment group PPF is looking at possibly selling or taking in partners in units of its Home Credit consumer lending business in some countries where it sees limited potenti...
Dec 02, 2021
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