WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday tapped former North Carolina health secretary Mandy Cohen to lead the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that was in the forefront of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cohen will replace Rochelle Walensky, who is stepping down on June 30 as head …
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By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -Appliance maker Whirlpool on Thursday agreed to drop a U.S. lawsuit against its former Italian executive Davide Cabri that accused him of stealing trade secrets for a move to its competitor Haier. Whirlpool and Cabri told a Delaware federal court they would dismiss the case with prejudice, which means it cannot …
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(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck France on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The earthquake’s epicenter was near a commune in the Charente-Maritime region of western France, at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. There was no immediate information on casualties or damage from the quake. The …
TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s central bank held its key interest rate unchanged at 8%, it announced on Friday, saying that keeping the interest rate at the current level will continue to push inflation downward. In December, the bank raised the key interest rate by 75 basis points to 8% to combat high inflation, marking its third …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on Monday, a potentially significant moment in talks to set up a new chip-making complex on German soil. Germany is in intensive discussions with Intel, the economy ministry said on Friday, without commenting on how much state funding the company is set to …
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By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – Hyphen Trading Ltd, owned by property and metals tycoons the Reuben brothers, has filed a legal claim against commodity trader Trafigura which a source close to the situation said was linked to an ongoing alleged nickel fraud case. Trafigura booked a $590 million impairment earlier this month relating to …
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(Reuters) – Around 664,000 homes and businesses along the U.S. Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida were without power on Friday after severe storms battered the region overnight, according to data from power outage tracker and local utilities. Texas had the most outages with about 212,300 out now, down from around 236,000 earlier in the …
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Por Ana Mano SAO PAULO, 16 jun (Reuters) – La unidad brasileña del operador estadounidense de granos Cargill solicitó a un tribunal de quiebras que detuviera la subasta de dos plantas propiedad de la trituradora de soja Imcopa en Brasil, programada para el 27 de junio, en el último giro de una saga legal que …
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RIO DE JANEIRO, 16 jun (Reuters) – La Policía Federal de Brasil encontró un documento detallado de planificación de una intervención militar en el teléfono de un ayudante del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro para bloquear el traspaso de poder en las elecciones del año pasado, informó la revista de noticias Veja. No estaba claro quién escribió …
Por Eric Onstad LONDRES, 16 jun (Reuters) -Los precios del cobre tocaron el viernes su nivel más alto en más de cinco semanas, pero retrocedieron tras conocerse el aumento de los inventarios en la Bolsa de Metales de Londres (LME), lo que pone de relieve la mejora del panorama de la oferta. * A las …
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