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Top US Senate Republican backs U.S. Supreme Court chief amid calls for Thomas probe
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday expressed support for the Supreme Court's chief justice as Democrats urge him to investigate luxury...
Apr 18, 2023
Three Fed bank boards wanted bigger rate hike in March
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - The boards of directors at the Cleveland, St. Louis and Minneapolis Federal Reserve banks had wanted a half-point interest-rate hike before the mid-March collapse of two regi...
Apr 18, 2023
Betterment agrees to pay $9 million to settle U.S. SEC charges
By Chris Prentice and Hannah Lang NEW YORK (Reuters) -Robo-adviser Betterment LLC has agreed to pay $9 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges related to misstatements, as we...
Apr 18, 2023
Permian in spotlight as energy dealmaking gathers steam
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) - Companies with a focus on the oil-rich Permian basin are likely to be at the center of the next wave of consolidation in the U.S. energy sector as favorable oil prices pro...
Apr 18, 2023
Analysis-China’s Xpeng takes cues from Tesla for its new EV platform
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc is the latest manufacturer hoping to save money and speed development and production by shifting to a digital vehicle architecture ...
Apr 18, 2023
Canada’s inflation rate slows to 4.3% in March, slowest pace since 2021
By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's annual inflation rate eased in March to 4.3%, its slowest pace in 19 months but still more than double the Bank of Canada's 2% target, dat...
Apr 18, 2023
China wants weaker US dollar as reserve currency, says Biden economist nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There was "some evidence" that China wants the dollar to weaken as the international reserve currency, said a White House nominee for a top economist position on Tuesday, and he...
Apr 18, 2023
Online US real estate firm Opendoor cuts 22% of workforce
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) - Opendoor Technologies Inc on Tuesday said it was cutting roughly 560 jobs, or 22% of the workforce at the online U.S. real estate firm, citing a declining housing market....
Apr 18, 2023
Kansas City homeowner charged in shooting of Black teenager surrenders to police
(Reuters) -A white man surrendered to police in Kansas City on Tuesday, a day after he was charged in the shooting and wounding of a Black teenager who mistakenly walked up to the suspect's house to p...
Apr 18, 2023
US family immigration detention won’t restart ‘at this time,’ official says
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is not planning "at this time" to restart family immigration detention, a senior U.S. immigration official said on Tuesday, signaling the ...
Apr 18, 2023
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