(Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will hand businesses a three-year tax break worth 11 billion pounds ($13.23 billion) by replacing the UK’s investment allowance with a temp[...]
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Elections
Japan’s lower house approves Ueda as next BOJ chief
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved the government’s nominees for next central bank governor and deputy go[...]
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Analysis-Biden’s focus on deficit in budget is targeted at Republicans
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When U.S. President Joe Biden rolls out his budget plans at a Philadelphia union hall on Thursday, he will highlight something that merited little mention dur[...]
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United Auto Workers challenger holds narrow lead in race for union president
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Union challenger Shawn Fain is narrowly leading United Auto Workers (UAW) President Ray Curry in a runoff election, a court-appointed monitor said on M[...]
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Australia to limit tax breaks on multi-million dollar retirement savings
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government said on Tuesday it would limit tax breaks for members with pension balances of more than A$3 million ($2 million) in the face of mounting pressure on[...]
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Biden taps Brainard, Bernstein to lead economic team, braces for debt ceiling fight
By Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Tuesday picked Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard and White House economist Jared Bernstein as his top econ[...]
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Brainard’s departure to White House would come at critical juncture for Fed
By Howard Schneider and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In nearly a decade at the Federal Reserve, Lael Brainard argued for stricter financial regulations, traveled deeply in less-advantaged commu[...]
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Factbox-Some potential successors to Brainard at the Fed
(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard’s announced departure from the central bank next week to become one of President Joe Biden’s top economic advisers leaves an intellectua[...]
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What is at stake for investors in Nigeria’s election?
(Corrects title of Babatunde Ojo in paragraph seven) By Rachel Savage JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Voters in Nigeria go to the polls on Feb. 25 and international investors are cautiously hopeful that whoev[...]
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