Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden says would like to see corporate tax rate between 25% and 28% – CNBC
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he wants to see a corporate tax rate "between 25 and 28" percent, CNBC reported on Thursday, citing his remarks at an event in Louisiana. "The way I can pay f...
May 06, 2021
Spain says vaccine patent waiver is the way forward but not enough for poor countries
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government said on Thursday a U.S. proposal to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines signals the "way forward" but will not be enough to guarantee supplies to developing cou...
May 06, 2021
Fed’s Bostic: Million-plus jobs figure for April would not trigger bond debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A million or more jobs were likely created in April, but that would not be enough to push the Federal Reserve to begin discussing whether to pare its $120 billion in monthly ass...
May 06, 2021
Texas federal judge hears arguments for date of Google trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for 14 states led by Texas that have accused Alphabet's Google of breaking antitrust law asked a federal judge to schedule a trial for the spring of 2022, while the sea...
May 06, 2021
Removal of all contractors from Afghanistan underway -Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday the process of removing all contractors from Afghanistan working with the United States was underway as part of President Jo...
May 06, 2021
No plan to shoot down Chinese rocket -Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday there was no plan at this point to shoot down the remnants of a large Chinese rocket expected to plunge back through the atmo...
May 06, 2021
Immigration in focus at high level U.S.-Mexico talks on Friday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States will discuss ways of mitigating undocumented immigration in talks later this week, Mexico's president said on Thursday, as the two sides seek to ta...
May 06, 2021
Pint-sized Mongolian menace shows dinosaurs loved the nightlife, too
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Under the cover of darkness in desert habitats about 70 million years ago, in what is today Mongolia and northern China, a gangly looking dinosaur employed excellent night v...
May 06, 2021
U.S. expands effort to allow in vulnerable migrants at Mexico border
By Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The United States has begun rolling out a new system to identify and admit the most vulnerable migrants at ports of entry alo...
May 06, 2021
Canada promises two Arctic icebreakers in pre-election job boost
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Thursday promised to build two Arctic ice breakers and create hundreds of jobs in two politically influential provinces that will help decide an electio...
May 06, 2021
