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Daimler agrees U.S. settlement over diesel emissions
BERLIN (Reuters) - Daimler has reached an agreement to settle U.S. proceedings relating to investigations into software to cheat diesel emissions tests that will result in costs of about $1.5 billion,...
Aug 13, 2020
White House report lauds U.S. economic response to coronavirus crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Increased transfer payments and expanded liquidity measures aimed at companies should help buffer U.S. households and businesses from the worst of the economic crisis unleashed ...
Aug 13, 2020
California startup aims to tackle battery degradation in electric cars
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Lithium-ion batteries are essential to electric vehicles, but they have drawbacks: They are hard to make and degrade over time. A San Leandro, California-based start-up o...
Aug 13, 2020
Kudlow sees single-digit unemployment in August, ‘V’ recovery
(Reuters) - White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Thursday said he expects the U.S. unemployment rate to return to single-digit levels as early as this month and growth in the third quarter sho...
Aug 13, 2020
U.S. hits fiscal cliff with jobs, economic recovery in the balance
By Howard Schneider and Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - The U.S. push to fire up its economy in the middle of a pandemic remained stalled last week with signs the lapse of emergency unemployment benefits a...
Aug 13, 2020
Volkswagen to make electric car cells, battery packs in U.S.
(Reuters) - German automaker Volkswagen AG said it was expanding its Chattanooga factory in Tennessee to make electric vehicle cells and battery packs in the United States, alongside assembling electr...
Aug 13, 2020
Serbia chooses links with China to develop economy, telecoms despite U.S. warning campaign
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) - As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rallied Central European nations this week to stem Chinese influence by snubbing its advanced digital technology, Chin...
Aug 13, 2020
U.S. federal contract ban takes effect for companies using products from Huawei, others
By David Shepardson and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New regulations took effect on Thursday barring the U.S. government from buying goods or services from any company that uses products from fiv...
Aug 13, 2020
Column: Trump tax deferral poses a bigger threat to Social Security than you might think
By Mark Miller CHICAGO (Reuters) - What happens to Social Security if we eliminate its funding? That is the question to ask after Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum https://www.reuters.com/...
Aug 13, 2020
AIG appoints David McElroy CEO for general insurance business
(Reuters) - American International Group Inc on Thursday promoted David McElroy to the post of chief executive officer of general insurance and executive vice president with immediate effect. McElroy,...
Aug 13, 2020
