By Gram Slattery MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – On issues of policy, Tim Scott, the latest Republican to declare he is interested in a 2024 presidential bid, runs largely with the current, following the party line on hot button matters from abortion to immigration. On issues of style, however, the only Black Republican in the U.S. …
By Lananh Nguyen and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc’s hiring of Andy Sieg, the incoming head of its wealth management unit, underscores the lender’s ambitions in the business as well as the uphill climb it faces in gaining share in a competitive market. The 55-year-old executive, known for crisscrossing the country to …
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By Alexandra Ulmer INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) – Former Vice President Mike Pence was booed at a gathering of the country’s largest gun rights lobby on Friday even as he sought to present himself as a more ardent defender of gun rights than his former boss Donald Trump. Trump, meanwhile, used the same forum on Friday …
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By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – The tech executive charged with stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee to death in San Francisco confronted him earlier in the evening about his ties to the suspect’s younger sister, prosecutors said on Friday in court documents that outlined a possible motive. Nima Momeni, 38, was arrested on Thursday and …
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee on Friday said it would accelerate its discussions on quota reforms at the global lender with an eye to making “considerable progress” by its next meeting in October. Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino, who chairs the International Monetary and Financial Committee …
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(Reuters) -Deposits at U.S. commercial banks rose in early April in a renewed sign of confidence in the banking sector after massive deposit outflows following last month’s failure of two large regional banks. Federal Reserve data released on Friday showed deposits at all commercial banks rose to $17.43 trillion in the week ended April 5, …
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By Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Argentine government is in talks to issue two dollar-bonds for up to $600 million each with separate guarantees from the World Bank and the CAF as collateral, a source from Argentina’s Economy Ministry said on Friday. The World Bank and CAF-Development Bank of Latin America could not be …
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By Hilary Russ and Katherine Masters NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tupperware’s financial woes follow a proliferation of free restaurant to-go boxes after a pandemic-era surge in delivery and carryout orders, and an onslaught of competition from cheaper food storage containers like Clorox’s GladWare. Popularized by suburban housewives hawking plastic tubs at private parties in the 1950s, …
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By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Colombia is looking to issue a green bond before the end of 2023, likely in dollars, and could tap traditional credit markets again this year if borrowing costs fall, Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo said on Friday. He said the amounts were not set yet, …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump will not learn the identities of jurors expected to decide at an upcoming civil trial whether the former president defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll, who also claims Trump raped her. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan on Friday rejected Trump’s renewed effort to require …
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