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India and U.S. officials to look for ways to resolve trade issues
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and the United States agreed to look for way to resolve differences on issues such as market access and digital trade at the start of a two-day visit by U.S ...
Nov 22, 2021
Canada halts potato exports to U.S. from Prince Edward Island due to fungus
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada has halted exports of fresh potatoes from Prince Edward Island (PEI) to the United States, facing a threat from the U.S. to ban the shipments itself...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S., Turkey agree on terms to end digital services tax, trade retaliation – Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Turkey have agreed terms for withdrawal of Turkey's digital services tax and a transition to a new global taxation agreement in 2023 for large, highly prof...
Nov 22, 2021
Germans view U.S. as most important ally again thanks to Biden
BERLIN (Reuters) - Relations between Germany and the United States have improved substantially following the election of U.S. President Joe Biden, with Germans viewing Washington as their most importa...
Nov 22, 2021
ECB should stick with plans to end pandemic purchases in March- Villeroy
PARIS (Reuters) -A resurgence of COVID cases and a jump in inflation do not at this point warrant a change in ECB plans to wind down emergency bond purchases in March, ECB policymaker Francois Villero...
Nov 22, 2021
U.S. consumer credit demand back to pre-pandemic levels – NY Fed survey
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - U.S. consumers showed stronger demand for credit this year and applications for credit overall rebounded to 2019 levels after falling significantly during the pandemic, a...
Nov 22, 2021
Lawmakers, U.S. officials, business groups on Fed’s Powell, Brainard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Jerome Powell for a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve, and Lael Brainard as Vice Chair on Monday morning. Biden praised Powell's htt...
Nov 22, 2021
Bezos donates $100 million to Obama foundation in honor of congressman John Lewis
(Reuters) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is donating $100 million to the Obama Foundation in honor of Congressman John Lewis, a hero of the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s who died last year, the...
Nov 22, 2021
Progressives frustrated as White House punts on regulation chief
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While Wall Street banks cheered the renomination of U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell on Monday, Democratic progressives were left frustrat...
Nov 22, 2021
Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment, state Assembly probe finds
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo engaged in "multiple instances of sexual harassment," used state resources for a book and was "not fully transparent" on the number of COVID-...
Nov 22, 2021
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