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Shareholder adviser rebukes Berkshire over executive pay
(Reuters) - A large shareholder advisory firm has rebuked Berkshire Hathaway Inc for awarding large pay packages to the two leading candidates to succeed Warren Buffett as chief executive. Institution...
Apr 20, 2021
U.S. Senator Capito expects Republican infrastructure proposal in coming days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans could produce their own "conceptual" counter-proposal to President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan by the end of the week, a lawmaker who i...
Apr 20, 2021
Brazil meat lobby says tariff waiver allows cheaper U.S., Ukraine corn imports
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's decision to suspend grain import tariffs temporarily is likely to benefit the United States and Ukraine, whose producers could sell products like corn for us...
Apr 20, 2021
U.S. Treasury official, bank CEOs discuss boosting ‘economic inclusion’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Treasury Department official met on Tuesday with 20 top bankers to discuss President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan and ways to use public-private partnersh...
Apr 20, 2021
State Street, PepsiCo offer new goals ahead of U.S. climate summit
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - State Street Corp's asset-management arm said it would join other big investment firms pushing to limit greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, part of a rush b...
Apr 20, 2021
Discord ends buyout talks with Microsoft – source
(Reuters) -Messaging platform Discord Inc has ended deal talks with Microsoft Inc and plans to focus on growing the business as a standalone company, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on ...
Apr 20, 2021
Apple goes to battle with Spotify in premium podcast push
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Apple Inc is fighting to retain control of the fast-growing podcasting market it popularized years ago but did not monetize, analysts and industry experts told Reuters. Near...
Apr 20, 2021
Biden kicks off electric vehicle push with South Caroline plant ‘tour’
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will virtually tour a South Carolina electric bus and battery manufacturing plant on Tuesday as the White House touts his proposal to boo...
Apr 20, 2021
Chinese woman’s Tesla protest prompts 5-day detention, company apology
By Yilei Sun and Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An unhappy customer who invaded the Tesla booth at the Shanghai auto show by clambering atop a car in protest, creating a social media stir and promp...
Apr 20, 2021
Goldman Sachs says Black employees make up 6.8% of U.S. workforce
(Reuters) - Black employees represent 6.8% of Goldman Sachs Group Inc's workforce in the United States and make up a little more than 3% of its senior executive team, the bank said in its 2020 sustain...
Apr 20, 2021
