By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States on Friday pushed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse bans on women working for aid groups or attending universities and high school, diplomats said. The 15-member council met privately on Friday – at the request …
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By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun is willing to spend $1 billion of his own funds on buying assets belonging to Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of embattled crypto lender Genesis, Sun told Reuters. Genesis froze customer withdrawals in November and said it was trying to avoid a …
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By Gram Slattery and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday a new rule targeting pistol attachments known as “stabilizing braces,” implementing a key move in the Biden administration’s efforts to beef up gun control regulations. A stabilizing brace is an attachment to a pistol that functionally turns it into …
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By Mehnaz Yasmin and Carolina Mandl (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc reported a 21% fall in quarterly profit on Friday, missing forecasts, as the bank increased provisions to prepare for a worsening economy and investment banking revenue declined due to a sharp drop in dealmaking activity. Fears of a potential recession prompted Citi to add $640 …
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(Reuters) – The top U.S. markets regulator on Friday announced a $5 million award to a whistleblower whose tip-off it said had resulted in a successful enforcement action. The whistleblower not only provided helpful information but “substantial ongoing assistance,” Creola Kelly, head of the whistleblower office at the Securities and Exchange Commission, said in a …
RIO DE JANEIRO, 13 ene (Reuters) – El derrumbe de dos torres de transmisión operadas por la compañía eléctrica brasileña Eletrobras ocurrió después de que alguien cortara los cables utilizados para asegurar las torres, dijeron el viernes tres fuentes con conocimiento del asunto. Los actos vandálicos ocurrieron entre el domingo y el lunes, después de …
ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s antitrust agency has fined online fashion retailer YOOX Net-A-Porter (YNAP) 5.25 million euros ($5.69 million) over misleading pricing and its returns policy, the regulator said on Friday. The retailer advertised reductions on products on which the final sale price was “substantially the same” as the pre-discount price and blocked orders from customers …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday it will not negotiate over the debt ceiling and there are no discussions underway about eliminating it. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Congress must act to increase the debt ceiling after U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the country will likely hit the $31.4 …
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By Matt Tracy (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Barnum told investors the bank is “absolutely open for business” in leveraged lending even as other U.S. banks are expected to book significant losses on risky loans underwritten last year. “Terms are better, pricing is better, we have the resources needed,” Barnum said on a …
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Por Kavya Guduru 13 ene (Reuters) -El precio del oro llegó el viernes a un máximo de más de 9 meses, manteniéndose por encima de la cota clave de los 1.900 dólares, ya que el enfriamiento de la inflación en Estados Unidos impulsó las apuestas a una ralentización de las alzas de las tasas de …
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