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In North Carolina, Biden to tout work on supply chains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden travels to North Carolina on Thursday to promote his efforts to strengthen supply chains as he seeks to accelerate American production of semiconductors...
Apr 14, 2022
Reducing inequality, hiking minimum wage could boost U.S. economy -White House
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boosting enforcement of antidiscrimination and antitrust laws, raising the federal mininum wage and higher unionization rates could substantially boost U.S. eco...
Apr 14, 2022
Lebanese central banker says ready to answer Swiss questions in probe
ZURICH (Reuters) - Lebanese central bank chief Riad Salameh is ready to meet Swiss prosecutors in person to answer questions about their money-laundering investigation, he said in a television intervi...
Apr 14, 2022
High raw material prices having a “big” impact, Panasonic CEO says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Rising prices for raw materials, including nickel and copper, accelerated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine were having a "big" impact on Panasonic Corp, with the Japanese industrial g...
Apr 14, 2022
Volkswagen Q1 profits rise but war could still hurt its business
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen said on Thursday its preliminary first-quarter operating return on sales jumped to 13.5% from 7.7% in the same period of 2021 but the impact of the war in Ukraine and sup...
Apr 14, 2022
Russian rouble falls with capital control measures in focus
(Reuters) - The Russian rouble weakened on Thursday, driven by expectations that Russia may relax its temporary capital control measures further, while stocks fell as the country continued what it cal...
Apr 14, 2022
Austrian leader says Putin told him gas payments in euros can continue
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chancellor Karl Nehammer during their meeting this week that Austria's supply of gas can continue to be paid for in euros, N...
Apr 14, 2022
Analysts see price of “gargantuan” buyout offer for Atlantia as fair
MILAN (Reuters) - Shares in Atlantia rose more than 5% on Thursday after Italy's Benetton family and U.S. investment fund Blackstone tabled their offer to buy out investors in the airport and motorway...
Apr 14, 2022
China’s GDP growth seen slowing to 5.0% in 2022 on COVID hit – Reuters poll
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economic growth is likely to slow to 5.0% in 2022 amid renewed COVID-19 outbreaks and a weakening global recovery, a Reuters poll showed, raising pressure on t...
Apr 14, 2022
Mixed earnings cap gains in European shares ahead of ECB decision
(Reuters) - European shares held steady on Thursday after a mixed batch of earnings, while investors waited to hear from the European Central Bank amid risks to economic growth from rising inflation. ...
Apr 14, 2022
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