By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A U.S. judge has rejected Apple’s bid to throw out a class-action lawsuit that accused Chief Executive Tim Cook of defrauding shareholders by concealing falling de[...]
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U.S. debt investors as climate-focused as European peers, survey finds
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. asset managers factor greenhouse gas emissions and other climate risks into their debt investment decisions as much as peers in Europe, according to a sur[...]
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CEOs of major Brazil lenders see ‘unique opportunity’ for local economy
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The chief executives of Brazil’s largest private lenders, Itau and Bradesco, defended on Tuesday the government’s planned tax reform, emphasizing that the count[...]
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Brazil inflation slows as central bank foresees August rate cut
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Annual inflation in Brazil slowed further in early June, hitting its lowest in nearly three years as the central bank signaled it may start cutting interest rate[...]
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Marketmind: China supports, peak rate haze
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Flagging world markets got a lift on Tuesday as China moved to shore up the falling yuan from the year’s lows and nodded to mor[...]
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Philippine finance secretary sees ‘long pause’ in rate hikes
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said he expected the central bank, of which he is a policymaker, to take a “long pause” in raising interest rates stea[...]
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US to spend $42 billion to make internet access universal by 2030
By Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday divvied up $42 billion among the nation’s 50 states and U.S. territories to make access to high-speed bro[...]
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New rules aim to clamp down on corporate greenwashing
By Huw Jones and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Companies will face more pressure to disclose how climate change affects their business under a new set of G20-backed global rules aimed at helpi[...]
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U.S. Supreme Court spurns Apple-Broadcom challenge to Caltech patents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Apple Inc and Broadcom Inc to revive their challenges to Caltech data-transmission patents in a patent infringem[...]
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