By Nate Raymond and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The investigation into the leak of a draft of last year’s Supreme Court ruling overturning the national right to abortion laid bare a persistent problem at the top U.S. judicial body and the broader federal judiciary – creaky tech systems and lax security protocols for handling …
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(Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator said on Friday French pastry-mix maker Cérélia will have to sell the Jus-Rol business after the watchdog found that a merger would lessen choice for consumers and harm competition among wholesale retailers of dough in the UK. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its investigation found that Cérélia and …
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ZURICH (Reuters) -ABB has sold its U.S.-based power conversion business to AcBel Polytech Inc for $505 million, the Swiss engineering and technology company said on Friday. Taiwan-based AcBel said the deal would help complete its products portfolio, covering areas including 5G, data centres, high-performance computing and electric vehicle charging while accelerating an upgrade of the …
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By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, considered a possible 2024 Republican presidential contender, will not be forced to reinstate an elected state prosecutor he suspended over his pledge not to bring criminal cases against people seeking or providing abortions, a federal judge ruled on Friday. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle in the state …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Friday he would accept an invitation from President Joe Biden to sit down and discuss how to raise the U.S. debt limit. McCarthy, the top Republican in Congress, made the remark on Twitter in response to a comment from Biden that he was going to …
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BUENOS AIRES, 20 ene (Reuters) – Las acciones y los bonos de Argentina retomaron el viernes su camino alcista de precios alentados por compras de oportunidad ante sus atractivos valores y luego de registrar esperadas y selectivas tomas de ganancias en sesiones previas. Por su parte, el peso en las plazas alternativas de cambio cayó …
By Andrea Shalal DAKAR (Reuters) -Russia’s war in Ukraine is hitting Africans particularly hard by exacerbating food insecurity and putting an unnecessary drag on the continent’s economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Friday. Yellen said ending the war would be the best thing to help the global economy, but …
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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 20 ene (Reuters) – La actividad productiva de México habría profundizado su declive durante el último mes del año pasado, mostraron el viernes estimaciones oficiales, alimentando preocupaciones sobre una desaceleración de la segunda mayor economía latinoamericana. El Indicador Oportuno de la Actividad Económica (IOAE), elaborado por la agencia nacional de estadística, INEGI, …
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By Idrees Ali and Sabine Siebold RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) -The United States and its allies failed during talks in Germany to convince Berlin to provide its Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, a key demand from Kyiv as it tries to breath new momentum into its fight against Russian forces. As protesters in Berlin …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. regulators asked a federal judge on Friday to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt for allegedly impeding its efforts to determine whether he flouted a ban on working in the pharmaceutical industry, where Shkreli gained the nickname “pharma bro” for pushing through exorbitant price increases and was convicted of scheming to defraud investors …
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