By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) -Investors sold Brazil’s real currency on Monday after leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva unveiled an industrial development plan for the next 10 years aimed at boosting sluggish growth with state credits and subsidies. Lula wants to boost long-lagging growth with a similar playbook to the one he used …
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By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump may be set to testify in the writer E. Jean Carroll’s latest civil defamation trial in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, following a two-day postponement triggered by COVID-19 concerns. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan canceled testimony on Monday after one juror who felt ill …
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By Rich McKay and Julia Harte (Reuters) – The deep freeze that gripped the U.S. South this weekend forced a band of alligators at a North Carolina wildlife park out of their comfort zone, trapping them under an ice layer with only their toothy snouts jutting above the frozen surface, enabling them to breathe. Year-round …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the United Auto Workers on Monday criticized Republican former President Donald Trump but said the union has not yet made a presidential endorsement decision. UAW President Shawn Fain declined to comment on reports that President Joe Biden may address members of the union in Washington later this …
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By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – He has been impeached twice, tried to thwart the peaceful transfer of power after losing the 2020 presidential election, faces scores of charges in multiple criminal cases, and his critics warn he is plotting to rule as an autocrat. Yet, Donald Trump could still return to the White House. …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – An impending U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could curb the regulatory powers of federal agencies may play a critical role in a challenge by Republican-led states to a rule issued by President Joe Biden’s administration allowing socially conscious investing by employee retirement plans, according to a new court filing. The …
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QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s president on Monday said he is seeking financial support from the U.S. and Europe, as well extending output from an oil block that was voted to be shut down, as he looks to free up funds to fight organized crime. President Daniel Noboa, a 36-year old businessman who started his term …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) kicked off their oral arguments before a federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday, in a high-profile case that could help define how cryptocurrencies are regulated. Binance has asked federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson to toss out a …
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By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) -Exxon Mobil Corp on Sunday filed a complaint in a Texas court seeking to prevent a climate proposal by activist investors from going to a vote during the company’s shareholder meeting in May. This is the first time Exxon is seeking to exclude a shareholder proposal by filing a complaint …
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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip’s bid to challenge his conviction for a 1997 murder-for-hire based on his claim that prosecutors wrongly withheld key evidence favorable to his defense. The justices took up Glossip’s appeal of a lower court’s refusal to …
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