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Amazon first-quarter sales beat expectations, shares rise
(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, as the e-commerce giant continued to benefit from the COVID-19 pandemic-driven online shopping boom, send...
Apr 29, 2021
U.S. lawmakers introduce eight antitrust bills aimed at drug prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers from both parties and both houses of Congress have introduced eight antitrust bills aimed at tackling the problem of high and rising drug prices, including bills ...
Apr 29, 2021
Senators examine Caterpillar tax probe under former AG Barr’s office
By Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Democrat U.S. senators are questioning whether political interference during the Trump Administration hampered a Department of Justice investigation of heavy-...
Apr 29, 2021
Many Republican voters agree with Biden – ‘trickle-down economics’ has failed, poll shows
By Chris Kahn (Reuters) - A majority of Americans support measures favored by President Joe Biden to substantially redistribute U.S. wealth, according to an Ipsos poll for Reuters released on Thursday...
Apr 29, 2021
Exclusive: Forbes pursues SPAC talks amid new takeover interest – sources
By Joshua Franklin, Krystal Hu and Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) - Business news and information publisher Forbes Media LLC is in talks to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition ...
Apr 29, 2021
Sudan’s basic income scheme aims to ease economic pain
By Nafisa Eltahir and Eltayeb Siddig KHARTOUM (Reuters) - For Intisar Altayib, who ekes out a living drawing henna tattoos in Khartoum, soaring prices in Sudan mean running up tabs at local stores and...
Apr 29, 2021
General Motors to make $1 billion electric auto investment in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. carmaker General Motors expects to invest $1 billion from 2023 aimed at making electric vehicles in northern Mexico, while the firm's new paint plant in Coahuila state wil...
Apr 29, 2021
U.S. government probes VPN hack within federal agencies, races to find clues
By Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn (Reuters) - For at least the third time since the beginning of this year, the U.S. government is investigating a hack against federal agencies that began during the...
Apr 29, 2021
Venezuela arrests 10 PDVSA officials for illegal fuel sales
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's attorney general said on Thursday that 10 officials from state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) were arrested for allegedly diverting and selling some 3...
Apr 29, 2021
FAA auditing Boeing minor design change porcedure after 737 MAX issue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it is auditing Boeing Co's process for making minor design changes across its product line after a 737 MAX manufactu...
Apr 29, 2021
