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Biden’s push for more coronavirus aid to test his ‘honeymoon’ with U.S. Congress
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday signaled a willingness to work with President Joe Biden on additional money to combat the coronavirus pandemic, th...
Jan 20, 2021
Canadian annual inflation rate slows in December amid renewed COVID-19 restrictions
By Steve Scherer and Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate slowed to 0.7% in December from 1.0% the previous month amid a new round of COVID-19 lockdowns and declining costs o...
Jan 20, 2021
U.S. consumer watchdog director resigns at request of Biden administration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kathy Kraninger has resigned as director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) at the request of President Joe Biden's administration, she tweeted on Wednesday...
Jan 20, 2021
Amazon sues EU antitrust regulators for letting Italian case go ahead
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Amazon is suing EU antitrust regulators for allowing the Italian competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the U.S. online retail giant over the way it s...
Jan 20, 2021
Germany agrees tax breaks worth 11 billion euros: Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal and state governments have agreed tax breaks worth some 11 billion euros, Handelsblatt business daily reported on Wednesday, citing a Finance Ministry document. Th...
Jan 20, 2021
Delivery costs for Northern Ireland-Britain trade set to rise, hauliers say
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The cost of transporting goods to Britain from Northern Ireland is set to rise as a result of the new post-Brexit regulatory border between the two parts of the United Kingdom, haul...
Jan 20, 2021
Google asks U.S. judge to move states’ antitrust lawsuit to California
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that ...
Jan 20, 2021
Trump lifts tariffs on aluminum imports from UAE effective Feb. 3
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would exempt the United Arab Emirates from a 10% tariff imposed on most aluminum imports in 2018, saying the two countries h...
Jan 20, 2021
Analysis: A ‘buy’ is just a tap away: stock market dabblers drive trading boom into 2021
By Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - A 1000% jump in the penny stock of a company with no staff and a high school investing club that doubled its money are just two exampl...
Jan 20, 2021
Google’s advertising practices targeted by EU antitrust probe
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google's advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuter...
Jan 20, 2021
