By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Food processor JBS SA <JBSS3.SA> is hiring 5,200 additional workers in Brazil, seeking to boost output in a key export base while fending off the threat of the novel coronavirus, which...
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Canada to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, hopes for resolution
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will slap retaliatory tariffs on C$3.6 billion ($2.7 billion) worth of U.S. aluminum products after the United States said it would impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports,...
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Exclusive: PDVSA changes oil deals to include shipping as sanctions bite – documents
By Marianna Parraga (Reuters) – Venezuelan state-run oil firm PDVSA has begun offering to ship its own oil, figuring in the costs in crude supply deals to help customers who have struggled to hire vessels to carry the...
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Trump reimposes tariffs on raw Canadian aluminum, Canada promises retaliation
By Jeff Mason and Julie Gordon CLYDE, Ohio/OTTAWA (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to reimpose 10% tariffs on some Canadian aluminum products to protect U.S. industry from a “surge” in imports,...
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U.S. prosecutors charge former Citgo executive in bribery probe
HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors charged a former Citgo Petroleum manager with accepting $2.5 million as part of a scheme by outside businessmen to corruptly secure contracts with the U.S. refiner and its Venezuelan parent...
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Argentina debt deal signals upgrades but outlook tough, rating agencies say
By Cassandra Garrison BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s $65 billion debt restructuring agreement with bondholders will likely lead to credit upgrades but is far from ensuring the country’s longer-term economic future,...
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