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Scholz vows to launch biggest transformation of German economy in a century
By Paul Carrel and Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday his government would make Europe's largest economy fit for the future by fostering investment in...
Dec 15, 2021
Explainer-Economy closes in on Fed’s framework goals. How will policymakers react?
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate is coming down, inflation is rising, and the Federal Reserve is preparing for faster rate increases than thought likely earlier th...
Dec 15, 2021
Derek Chauvin expected to change plea to guilty in George Floyd civil rights case
(Reuters) - White former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday in a federal court in Minnesota to charges that he violated George Floyd's civil rights durin...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. airlines to defend $54 billion COVID-19 government lifeline
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines Wednesday will defend a $54 billion COVID-19 government lifeline even as they face operational challenges and work to speed hiring to add...
Dec 15, 2021
Exclusive: Brazil bribery probe expands to four JPMorgan fuel deals -documents and sources
By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian police investigation of alleged bribery of Petrobras employees to fix the price of fuel sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co by the state-run oil firm ha...
Dec 15, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers to focus her defense on ‘memory, manipulation and money’
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys will likely focus on portraying the British socialite's accusers as untrustworthy and motivated by money when they start presenting thei...
Dec 15, 2021
Analysis: Texas abortion law opens door to copycat curbs on guns, other rights
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to leave in place a Texas law banning most abortions has opened the door for states to seek to restrict other rights includi...
Dec 15, 2021
Biden to carry message of comfort and hope to tornado-ravaged Kentucky
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday to survey the areas hardest hit by one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in recent U.S. history, a s...
Dec 15, 2021
From China to Best Buy: Gaming controllers hit bumps on way to U.S. consumers
By Timothy Aeppel and Xiaoyu Yin PEMBROKE, Mass./DONGGUAN, China (Reuters) - Fraser Townley eyes two gaping holes in one side of a pallet one of his workers just pulled out of the orange Hapag-Lloyd s...
Dec 15, 2021
U.S. SEC to tighten insider trading rules, propose money market fund changes
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday will propose tightening a legal safe-harbor that allows corporate insiders to trade in the comp...
Dec 15, 2021
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