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Fed’s Brainard: Economy making ‘welcome progress,’ but still ‘far’ from goals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is making progress towards the Fed's maximum employment and 2% inflation goals, but the depth of the remaining problem still requires the central bank not jump...
Jun 01, 2021
Investment firm Engine No. 1 prepares to launch Transform 500 ETF after Exxon win
BOSTON (Reuters) - Investment firm Engine No. 1, which last week won at least two seats on Exxon Mobil Corp's board, is planning to launch an exchange-traded fund that will focus on socially conscious...
Jun 01, 2021
Wildfires sweep across Bolivia’s Pantanal wetlands
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Wildfires are sweeping across Bolivia's Pantanal wetlands near the border with Paraguay, putting at risk thousands of hectares of an area known for its rich wildlife that was hit by...
Jun 01, 2021
Mexico’s factories contract for 15th straight month, outlook brightens
Mexico's manufacturing sector shrank for the 15th straight month in May due to subdued sales, raw material shortages and the COVID-19 crisis, though the rate of decline was the second-slowest since th...
Jun 01, 2021
Reuters Events – Bank of England’s Bailey unconvinced by carbon capital rules
By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday there was no case yet for making financial institutions set aside more capital for cli...
Jun 01, 2021
AT&T-Discovery media company to be called Warner Bros. Discovery
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - AT&T and Discovery Inc said on Tuesday that their recently announced standalone global entertainment and media business would be named Warner Bros. Discovery. The companies...
Jun 01, 2021
State COVID roundup 6/1: Lowest case count since March 2020
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Tuesday reported 401 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, the lowest number of new cases in the state since March 25, 2020. In a...
Jun 01, 2021
EU tech rules should only target dominant companies, EU lawmaker says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Draft rules aimed at reining in the power of Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc unit Google, Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc should only target these U.S. tech giants, a lead...
Jun 01, 2021
U.S. labor market worse than it appears, Fed paper suggests
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. labor market signals are conflicting to an "unprecedented" degree, but those suggesting labor market slack should be given more weight than those pointing to tightness, ...
Jun 01, 2021
U.S. moves to dismiss charges against a Capitol riots defendant
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday took the unusual step of asking a judge to dismiss the criminal charges against Christopher M. Kelly, a defendant who was facing...
Jun 01, 2021
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