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Former Ohio House speaker sentenced to 20 years over $60 million bribery plot
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year of parti...
Jun 29, 2023
Ecuador seeks international funds ahead of expected El Nino impact
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's government is seeking to activate credit lines with international lenders in an effort to mitigate expected El Nino weather disruptions, the country's finance ministry anno...
Jun 29, 2023
Silver Lake secures 63% stake in Software AG after months-long pursuit
(Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake said on Thursday it has secured a majority of 63% in Software AG and intends to pursue a delisting of the business software developer. Earlier this mon...
Jun 29, 2023
US Justices Jackson, Thomas illustrate heated US debate on race
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - When liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court, she was expected to bring a different view on racial matters than Ju...
Jun 29, 2023
Exclusive-US, Dutch set to hit China’s chipmakers with one-two punch
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - The United States and the Netherlands are set to deliver a one-two punch to China's chipmakers this summer by further restricting sales of chipmaking equipment, part of t...
Jun 29, 2023
US regulators ask lenders to work with stressed commercial real estate firms
(Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators are asking lenders to work with credit-worthy borrowers that are facing stress in the commercial real estate market. Financial institutions should work "prudently a...
Jun 29, 2023
Fed’s lending to banks shrinks in latest week
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve lending to banks shrunk modestly in the latest week, central bank data released Thursday showed. The Fed lent banks $3.2 billion via its discount window as of Wednesday, un...
Jun 29, 2023
US special envoy for Iran Rob Malley is ‘on leave,’ -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, is "on leave," U.S. State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said on Thursday, adding that Abram Paley is filling in on an actin...
Jun 29, 2023
US colleges cautiously prep for end to race-conscious admissions amid enrollment gaps
By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 1998, the year a voter-approved measure barring the use of race-conscious admissions policies for public colleges and universities in California took effe...
Jun 29, 2023
Blinken says hard work remains to reach peace deal as Armenia-Azerbaijan talks end
By Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said hard work remains to reach a final agreement to end the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh encla...
Jun 29, 2023
