By Anirban Sen and Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) -A merger with former U.S. President Donald Trump’s new social media venture has delivered a potential windfall of $420 million for a former finance executive who has been trying for a...
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Biden backs down on corporate tax hikes, open to altering filibuster
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose BALTIMORE (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday backed away from pledged tax increases to fund planned infrastructure and social spending, and also said he was open to reforming Senate voting...
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UK employers tell Johnson to ‘get serious’ about tax and investment
LONDON (Reuters) – British employers told Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government on Friday to “get serious” about encouraging business investment and stop blaming them for the economy’s problems and...
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Exclusive-BOJ discussing phasing out pandemic support as economy reopens – sources
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan is discussing phasing out a COVID-19 loan programme if infections in the country continue to dwindle, sources told Reuters, potentially setting the bank up to exit a key...
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Huawei, SMIC suppliers received billions worth of licenses for U.S. goods -documents
By Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Suppliers to Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and China’s top chipmaker SMIC got billions of dollars worth of licenses from November through April to sell them goods and...
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Ecuador President Lasso to be investigated for tax fraud after Pandora Papers leak
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s attorney general’s office on Thursday said it has opened a preliminary investigation against President Guillermo Lasso for tax fraud, after an opposition leader presented...
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