(This April 17 story has been refiled to add the missing word ‘trust’ in paragraph 15) By Raphael Satter and Zeba Siddiqui WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Reformers had hoped that the debate over…
Month: April 2024
Exclusive-Donald Trump mulls middle-class tax cut as he eyes return to office
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has indicated to advisers he is keen on a new middle-class tax cut should he return to the White House,…
Microsoft finds Russian influence operations targeting U.S. election have begun
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Wednesday that Russian online campaigns to influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election kicked into gear over the past 45 days, but at a slower pace…
IDB eyes joint goals statement with multilateral banks on Saturday
By Marcela Ayres WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Inter-American Development Bank plans to release a statement on Saturday with joint goals of multilateral development banks that is expected to entail priority-sharing and the…
US stocks end down, crude slides amid Fed, geopolitical crosscurrents
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday as crude prices tumbled and investors weighed cautious U.S. Federal Reserve commentary and ongoing geopolitical strife against mixed quarterly earnings….
Biden says uncle shot down over area populated by cannibals in World War Two
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday raised the possibility that an uncle who served in the Pacific campaign during World War Two might have fallen victim to cannibals after his…
Columbia University president takes heat at congressional antisemitism hearing
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday accused Columbia University’s president of failing to protect Jewish students on campus, echoing accusations leveled against three other elite university leaders…
US dollar weakens as market consolidates gains, but uptrend intact
By Herbert Lash and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar on Wednesday fell for the first time in six days, as investors consolidated gains after Federal Reserve officials repeated the interest…
Oil settles down 3% as demand worries outweigh Middle East supply risks
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled down 3% on Wednesday, pressured by a rise in U.S. commercial inventories, weaker economic data from China and U.S. progress on Ukraine and Israel aid…