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Mnuchin, Powell press again for deal to get economy through the COVID winter
By Ann Saphir and Dan Burns (Reuters) - The heads of the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve on Wednesday renewed calls for legislators to reach agreement on additional funds to help small bu...
Dec 02, 2020
Appeals court holding Dec. 14 hearing on blocked U.S. TikTok new user ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Washington said on Wednesday it will hold Dec. 14 oral arguments on the government's appeal of an order that blocked a ban on Apple Inc and Alphabet's...
Dec 02, 2020
Ex-Goldman Sachs President Cohn has not returned pay after 1MDB clawbacks: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has failed to persuade former president Gary Cohn to return over $10 million he received in pay, as part of the bank's effort to reclaim executive compensation over the 1MDB ...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S judge hearing Google case rejects government’s protective order request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet's Google urged the government on Wednesday to narrow the definition of "highly sensiti...
Dec 02, 2020
Foreign direct investment in Latin America to plunge by half in 2020 – U.N. agency
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean is likely to plunge by around 50% in 2020, as the region struggles to confront the coronavirus pande...
Dec 02, 2020
Biden adviser Campbell sees China’s Asia trade focus as ‘wake-up call’
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new China-backed Asia-Pacific trade deal and Beijing's interest in a regional pact that President Donald Trump quit should be "a real wake up call" to the ...
Dec 02, 2020
Sun Life Financial appoints insider Kevin Strain as CEO
(Reuters) - Canada's second-biggest life insurer Sun Life Financial Inc appointed finance head Kevin Strain as its chief executive on Wednesday, replacing Dean Connor who will retire in August after a...
Dec 02, 2020
Treasury chief backs $20 billion for U.S. airlines payroll
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he backs another $20 billion in additional government payroll support for U.S. airlines. "I think th...
Dec 02, 2020
Inflation expectations at highest since 2019 on stimulus hopes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Market expectations of inflation on Wednesday were headed higher on renewed hopes that Congress could pass a COVID-19 stimulus package, after yesterday reaching 18-month highs. Th...
Dec 02, 2020
U.S. employers could mandate a COVID-19 vaccine, but are unlikely to do so: experts
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cult...
Dec 02, 2020
