By Jeanny Kao and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is under no illusions it can quickly sign a long hoped for free trade deal with the United States but feels when the time is right “success will flow naturally”,...
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Amazon to open pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Seattle headquarters
(Reuters) – Amazon Inc said on Thursday it will open a pop-up clinic in its Seattle headquarters on Jan. 24 with an aim to vaccinate 2,000 eligible members of the public against COVID-19 on the first day. Amazon Senior Vice...
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CFTC chair steps down, academic Chris Brummer in lead to replace him: sources
By Jarrett Renshaw, Karen Brettell and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Heath Tarbert stepped down as Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair on Thursday, with Georgetown University academic Chris Brummer emerging as...
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Exclusive: Trump’s EPA granted Sinclair Oil last-minute biofuel waivers
By Stephanie Kelly and Humeyra Pamuk NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Sinclair Oil Corporation waivers that exempt both its refineries in Wyoming from biofuel blending requirements for the 2019...
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Airbus slows A320 ramp-up on weaker market outlook
By Laurence Frost PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus has slowed a planned ramp-up of A320 aircraft production, the European planemaker said, as the coronavirus travel slump takes a growing toll on its airline clients. Output of the...
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Biden appoints U.S. consumer watchdog veteran as acting director after Trump appointee resigns
By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House announced President Joe Biden would appoint Dave Uejio to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on an acting basis after its director, Kathy Kraninger, resigned...
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