By Roberto Samora and Gram Slattery SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Truckers blockading a major refinery in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais disbanded on Friday, allowing fuel supplies to normalize in the nation’s second most populous...
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U.S. 2021 fiscal year deficit below prior year’s record, Treasury says
(Reuters) -The U.S. budget deficit totaled $2.772 trillion during fiscal 2021, below the prior year’s record shortfall but still reflecting a second straight year of massive spending to support households and businesses through the...
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White House says no new deadlines on reconciliation bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden does not have any new deadlines as the administration continues to negotiate with Democratic lawmakers on the framework of a massive spending bill aimed at social programs and tackling...
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Exclusive: Canada says proposed U.S. EV tax credit could harm sector
By David Shepardson and David Ljunggren WASHINGTON/OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government on Friday warned that U.S. proposals to create new electric vehicle tax credits for American-built vehicles could harm the North American...
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Exclusive-U.S. utility Duke in advanced settlement talks with Elliott -sources
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and David French (Reuters) -Duke Energy Corp is in advanced settlement talks with Elliott Management Corp that could see the U.S. power utility add two directors backed by the activist investment firm to its board,...
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Wall Street’s main indexes down on taper talk, earnings concerns
By Shreyashi Sanyal, Devik Jain and Sinéad Carew (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were in the red on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discussed stimulus tapering while disappointing quarterly reports from Snap...
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