(Fixes typo in headline) By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) -Surging global bottled water consumption reflects the failure by governments to improve public water supplies which is putting the U.N. sustainable development goal of safe drinking water by 2030 under threat, a U.N. academic think tank said on Thursday. The bottled water market saw 73% growth from …
(Reuters) – Several banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Morgan Stanley are in talks with First Republic Bank for a potential deal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal could involve capital infusion to bolster the troubled lender after the collapse of SVB Financial last week …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to continued labor market strength, though financial market turmoil is casting a shadow over the economy. Other data on Thursday also struck a fairly upbeat note on the economy, with homebuilding surging in …
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By Gabriella Borter and Brendan Pierson AMARILLO, Texas (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday questioned lawyers for President Joe Biden’s administration on whether the federal regulatory approval given to the abortion pill mifepristone 22 years ago was proper as he considered a request by anti-abortion groups to ban sales of the drug nationwide. U.S. District …
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(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) By Mark Miller (Reuters) – Reforming Social Security may sound like an issue of interest mainly to older Americans. But any changes the U.S. Congress might make to address the looming shortfalls of the program will actually have a far larger impact …
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(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said deposits have started to move out of U.S. banks and towards money markets funds, as investors seek the safety in Treasury securities amid worries about stresses in the banking sector. Retail money market funds have seen large and accelerating inflows over the last week, Goldman said in a note on …
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Jerusalem woke on Thursday to the sight of a long red line painted by protesters along roads leading to Israel’s Supreme Court, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise deal for his government’s planned judicial overhaul. Police said they had arrested five people who had disguised themselves …
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Argentine government on Thursday said annual inflation data registered in February, the highest since 1991, was “very bad,” but insisted that the 60% inflation rate forecast in this year’s budget would be met, the president’s spokesperson said. President Alberto Fernandez has struggled to rein in one of the world’s highest …
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By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON(Reuters) – The Alzheimer’s Association has deployed 1,000 people diagnosed with, or caring for someone with the disease, to meet with all 535 members of Congress across the United States and urge them to press Medicare for early access to a new class of drugs, beginning with lecanemab, that promise to slow …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. single-family homebuilding and permits for future construction rebounded in February, offering hope that the housing market was probably stabilizing after being hammered by higher mortgage rates. Single-family housing starts, which account for the bulk of homebuilding, increased 1.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 830,000 units last month, the Commerce …
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