By Jonathan Allen and Brendan O’Brien NEW YORK (Reuters) -More than 7,000 nurses in New York City ended a three-day strike and returned to work on Thursday after reaching tentative deals with hospitals over staffing levels and pay increases, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) said. Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ericsson said on Thursday it would book a 2.3 billion Swedish crown ($220 million) provision for an expected fine from U.S. authorities for the breach of a settlement reached in 2019. Ericsson’s share price surged 7.7% in afternoon trading, as analysts had expected a larger fine similar to the $1 billion it …
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By Chris Prentice, Angus Berwick and Luc Cohen (Reuters) – The father of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has retained a New York attorney in recent weeks, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as prosecutors probe Bankman-Fried’s alleged cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Joseph Bankman, a tax law professor at Stanford Law School, has tapped Sean …
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By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) -A U.S. labor board director has upheld Amazon.com Inc workers’ landmark union victory at a warehouse in New York, according to a decision issued Wednesday, bringing the online retailer closer to having to bargain with staff on a contract. Amazon has the right to appeal the decision to a wider panel …
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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An expected showdown between President Joe Biden’s Democrats and a newly minted Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives over the debt ceiling is threatening to push Washington to the brink of a debt crisis. WHAT’S THE DEBT CEILING? Washington regularly sets a limit on federal borrowing. Currently, …
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(Reuters) – Olympus Corp, a Japanese medical device maker, said it was taking action to address concerns raised by the U.S. health regulator related to violations found during the inspection of the company’s facilities in Japan. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday it had issued warning letters to Olympus’ units pertaining …
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Por Karl Plume CHICAGO, 12 ene (Reuters) – Los futuros del maíz y soja de Estados Unidos subían el jueves, después de que el Departamento de Agricultura (USDA) recortó inesperadamente sus estimaciones de cosecha de 2022 para ambos cultivos, lo que resultó en suministros menores a los esperados. * Los futuros de trigo subían gracias …
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Por Sarah N. Lynch y Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, 12 ene (Reuters) -El fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Merrick Garland, anunció el jueves el nombramiento de un fiscal especial para investigar el manejo de documentos gubernamentales confidenciales por parte del presidente Joe Biden, una pesquisa que podría ensombrecer la esperada candidatura del demócrata a la reelección …
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KABUL (Reuters) – The head of a major aid group that suspended work in Afghanistan after the Taliban banned female NGO workers said on Thursday he would write to the the administration’s senior figures in Kandahar and ask them to change the policy. Jan Egeland, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told Reuters …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -The South Korean government unveiled a plan on Thursday to compensate victims of Japan’s wartime forced labour through its own public foundation – instead of using funds from Japanese companies – prompting backlash from victims and their families. South Korea’s Supreme Court in 2018 ordered Japanese firms to pay reparations …
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