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U.S. Senate readying legislation on semiconductors, Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders are preparing to introduce legislation on semiconductors, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday as the nation wrestles with an ongoing shortage of the c...
Apr 07, 2021
Facebook does not plan to notify half-billion users affected by data leak
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently made public in a dat...
Apr 07, 2021
ECB speeds up money printing in March, focuses on Germany
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank sped up the pace of its emergency bond-buying programme by 22.7% in March despite a slowdown in the runup to Easter, with Germany the biggest beneficiar...
Apr 07, 2021
Fed’s balance sheet size is far from hitting any constraints: Daly
(Reuters) - The size of the U.S. central bank's balance sheet, now more than $7 trillion, is "far" from hitting any limits, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said on Wednesday, no...
Apr 07, 2021
Nikola’s fuel-cell development head exits, shares fall
(Reuters) - Nikola Corp said on Wednesday its fuel-cell development head, Jesse Schneider, has left the company to pursue opportunities in the hydrogen industry, sending shares of the electric-truck m...
Apr 07, 2021
U.S. consumer watchdog seeks delay on pair of debt collection rules
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Wednesday it wants to delay a pair of debt collection rules finalized at the end of the Trump admini...
Apr 07, 2021
Canada’s Ivey PMI jumps to 10-year high as activity accelerates in March
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian economic activity expanded at its fastest pace in 10 years in March as a measure of employment climbed, Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data showed on Wednesday. The ...
Apr 07, 2021
White House says it is hopeful its ‘skinny’ budget will be out this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is hopeful it will release a light version of its budget - dubbed a "skinny" budget - this week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday. The bud...
Apr 07, 2021
Fed presses ahead on policy debate as economy takes off
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last month's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting showed policymakers were universally optimistic in their overall economic outlook, but divisions among them over how much longer to kee...
Apr 07, 2021
Exxon explores sale of elastic polymer business: sources
By Joshua Franklin and Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp is exploring a sale of its Advanced Elastomer Systems (AES) division, potentially valuing the elastic polymer maker at around $800 ...
Apr 07, 2021
