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Perfect storm in Minnesota labor market is worrying harbinger for the Fed
By Howard Schneider FARIBAULT, Minnesota (Reuters) - Demand for Daikin Applied Americas Inc's climate control equipment is soaring, and worker recruitment is in hyperdrive, with hiring trips to women'...
May 02, 2023
Russia may use civilians, journalists to spy on Denmark: Danish intelligence
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's intelligence service expects Russia to recruit civilians and use journalists and business people to spy on the country as an alternative to Russian diplomats who were ...
May 02, 2023
Exclusive-India, China propose ‘multiple pathways’ on cutting use of fossil fuels-sources
By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, backed by China, is trying to build a consensus within the G20 group to let countries choose a roadmap to cut carbon emissions instead of setting ...
May 02, 2023
Fed in stride to pole-vault 5% policy rate, then perhaps catch its breath
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve kicks off a two-day policy meeting on Tuesday that is likely to push the U.S. central bank's benchmark overnight interest rate to its hig...
May 02, 2023
WHO says risk ‘moderate’ after laboratory in Sudan seized by fighters
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it had found after a risk assessment that there was a "moderate risk" related to the seizure of a public health laboratory in Sudan's c...
May 02, 2023
Explainer-Could Biden avert a debt default by using the 14th Amendment?
By Andy Sullivan and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The divided U.S. Congress is running out of time to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, with the Treasury Departm...
May 02, 2023
Analysis-Biden travel, Congress recess to squeeze debt limit timeline even more
By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For months, the U.S. crisis over the debt limit has been a political abstraction. Not anymore. The U.S. Treasury's new June 1 estimated dead...
May 02, 2023
Russia’s Shoigu: We have taken steps to accelerate arms production
(Reuters) - Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Russia had taken measures to accelerate arms production to meet the demands of its campaign in Ukraine, and was successfully attacking U...
May 02, 2023
Hollywood writers strike over pay in streaming TV ‘gig economy’
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Thousands of film and television writers were headed to picket lines on Tuesday after union negotiators called a strike, sending Hollywood...
May 02, 2023
Analysis-Companies wary as Twitter checkmark policy fuels imposter accounts
By Hardik Vyas and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter's attempt to implement a paid account verification service has attracted imposters spreading misinformation, which experts said could lead major bran...
May 02, 2023
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