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Labor shortages hit electronics makers as chip drought persists, causing delays
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Nearly four in five electronics manufacturers say that it has become harder to find qualified workers, compounding problems from an ongoing chip shortage and causing dela...
Sep 23, 2021
Explainer-Whether centrist or progressive, the Fed’s new regulatory chief has long to-do list
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the U.S. Federal Reserve's next top regulatory official is still in the balance, one thing is certain: whoever gets the job will have a jam-packed agenda...
Sep 23, 2021
Bank of England nudges up inflation outlook, split over QE widens
By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England said inflation would rise above 4% later this year, and two policymakers called for an early end to the central bank's quantitati...
Sep 23, 2021
Ukrainian lawmakers pass law on oligarchs after assassination attempt
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's parliament passed a law on Thursday to order "oligarchs" to register and stay out of politics, a day after an attempt to kill a top aide ...
Sep 23, 2021
U.S. ‘pink sheets’ in shakeup as securities regulator looks to stamp out fraud
By Michelle Price and John McCrank WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As many as 2,000 companies could disappear from the off-exchange "pink sheets," long a favorite of retail investors, when a new rule ...
Sep 23, 2021
Migration not the solution to EU’s population challenge -CEE leaders
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Central European leaders signed a joint declaration on Thursday saying immigration should not be the answer to the European Union's demographic challenges, while calling on the bl...
Sep 23, 2021
China’s mom-and-pop investors, builders and homebuyers caught in Evergrande debt crisis
By Josh Horwitz and David Kirton SUZHOU/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - At an eerily quiet construction site in eastern China's Suzhou, worker Li Hongjun says property developer Evergrande's debt crisis m...
Sep 23, 2021
Australian billionaire sets up global green hydrogen organisation
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest on Thursday launched a green hydrogen organisation, GH2, in a push to speed up development of the clean fuel to help curb global warm...
Sep 23, 2021
Haitian migrants face crucial choices as expulsion flights ramp up
By Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD ACUNA (Reuters) - A migrant camp in Texas near the Mexican border where as many as 14,000 Haitians amassed in recent days has shrunk to less than half that size amid expul...
Sep 23, 2021
Futures rise as taper fears fade
By Ambar Warrick (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday, indicating Wall Street was set to jump further from recent lows after investors largely brushed off concerns over the Federal Re...
Sep 23, 2021
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