(Reuters) – A maker of abortion pills and a doctor have filed lawsuits challenging state restrictions on the medication, in the first lawsuits of their kind since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion. In a complaint filed in the federal court in Huntington, West Virginia, GenBioPro Inc said the state …
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(Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index fell at the open on Wednesday, with industrial and consumer discretionary stocks pulling the benchmark lower while investors awaited the Bank of Canada’s monetary policy decision later in the day. At 9:31 a.m. ET (1431 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was down 143.04 points, or 0.69%, …
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday as downbeat quarterly updates from Microsoft and Boeing added to fears of a recession, with technology shares leading the declines. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 187.74 points, or 1.66%, to 11,146.53 at the opening bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 195.60 points, or 0.58%, at …
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By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) – Michelle Williams won critical acclaim for her performance in Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama, “The Fabelmans”, and her portrayal of the director’s mother secured her a best actress Oscar nomination on Tuesday. Co-written by Spielberg and Tony Kushner, the movie is set in the 1950s and 60s and follows …
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By Angelo Amante and Wladimir Pantaleone PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – When Salvatore Catalano discovered that mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro had lived just a short walk from his house in the western Sicilian town of Campobello di Mazara, he felt sick. Catalano’s brother, Agostino, was a policeman who died in a 1992 bomb that killed …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Smaller emerging markets are no longer at risk of facing a stronger sovereign debt crisis, Moody’s rating agency said on Wednesday, but weaker currencies, unemployment and high interest rates are still obstacles for their economic growth. Large commodity exporters like Brazil and Indonesia performed “surprisingly well” in the wake of the …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co for its handling of a recalled tire that has been linked to eight deaths and dozens of injuries, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter and documents reviewed by the newspaper. The federal prosecutors have sought company …
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By Andrea Shalal HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department and South Africa’s National Treasury on Wednesday agreed to form a task force to “follow the money” and step up efforts to halt illegal trade in wildlife, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. Speaking at the Dinokeng Game Reserve outside Pretoria, Yellen told South …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – A group of Jewish students and an anti-hate speech association have filed a legal complaint against Twitter at a German court, they said on Wednesday, arguing the company did not remove anti-Semitic content. The European Union of Jewish Students and HateAid criticised what they described as a lack of moderation regarding content …
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(Reuters) -The New York Stock Exchange said on Wednesday a manual error triggered a technical issue that prevented the opening auctions in some listed stocks, leading to widespread confusion and attracting a review from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The glitch, which occurred on Tuesday, impacted stocks of major companies including 3M, Wells Fargo …
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