(Reuters) – Swiss citizens will get the chance to try to ensure their economy never becomes cashless, a pressure group said, after collecting enough signatures by Monday to trigger a popular vot[...]
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Fed adds to diversity on bank board leadership
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve on Tuesday added to the diversity of its regional Fed bank board leadership, announcing a group of chairs and deputy chairs that for a second straig[...]
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Brazilian equities higher in volatile trade after capital stormed
By Gabriel Araujo and Karin Strohecker SAO PAULO/LONDON (Reuters) -Brazilian equities were higher in choppy trade on Monday, a day after thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stor[...]
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Nepal to end eight-month ban on imports of cars, phones as reserves rise
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal will end an eight-month ban on the import of cars, expensive mobile phones and liquor on Friday as the country’s foreign currency reserves have[...]
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Rupert Murdoch to be deposed in $1.6 billion Dominion defamation case
By Jack Queen and Helen Coster (Reuters) – Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit over his network’s coverage of unfounded vote-ri[...]
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U.S. Congress negotiators say reach gov’t funding deal
By Gram Slattery and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Negotiators in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they had reached agreement on funding the government through the end of its current fis[...]
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Turkey jobless rate rises ahead of tight election for Erdogan
By Orhan Coskun and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s unemployment rate edged up to 10.2% in October, data showed on Monday, posing a potential challenge to President Tayyip Er[...]
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S&P posts 4th straight decline as recession talk weighs on Wall Street
By David French (Reuters) – Wall Street ended lower on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 extending its losing streak to four sessions, as skittish investors fretted over Federal Reserve rate hikes a[...]
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Blackstone’s Schwarzman says he won’t back Trump in 2024
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – (This Nov. 16 story has been corrected to fix the fourth paragraph by deleting reference to most of Trump’s endorsed candidates losing and saying instead th[...]
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