(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s request to pause Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard.[...]
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Politics
US House to weigh bill allowing older pilots, other aviation reforms
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on legislation to raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age to 67 from 65 and make[...]
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Court blocks curbs on US government contact with social media companies for now
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court order that had sharply limited certain Biden administration officials’ and agencies’ contacts[...]
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Disney seeks to toss district lawsuit in DeSantis feud
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co asked a Florida judge on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit by a state oversight board as part of the entertainment giant’s effort to pursue i[...]
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Republican state officials threaten legal action over company diversity policies
(This July 13 story has been refiled to replace ‘attorney generals’ with ‘attorneys general’ throughout) By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A group of Republican U.S. state a[...]
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Analysis-Pakistan and Argentina bonds’ surge belies bigger reform hurdles
By Libby George and Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) – Investors have piled back into bonds in Pakistan and Argentina following cash infusions and optimism over multilateral support, but th[...]
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Marketmind: Banks lob earnings into giddy markets
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Flush with hope that impressive disinflation will allow the Federal Reserve to end its rate-hike campaign this month, world markets n[...]
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Australia’s central bank loses chief to public ire over rates
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – The head of Australia’s central bank suffered an early end to his 43-year career on Friday as past missteps in pandemic policy so tested public trust in th[...]
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Factbox-Potential candidates as next chief of Australia’s central bank
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – The head of Australia’s central bank will not be reappointed for a second term as the Labor government seeks a new pair of hands for an institution scarred[...]
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