By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed New York to enforce a Democratic-backed gun control law adopted after the justices last year struck down the state’s strict firearms licensing regime in a landmark ruling that expanded gun rights. The justices rejected a request by six members of the firearms rights group …
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By Danielle Broadway and Lisa Richwine BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) – Following two years of criticism for its lack of diverse membership, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Golden Globes ceremony on Tuesday wasted no time putting the controversy in the spotlight. Host and comedian Jerrod Carmichael opened his monologue with a blunt assessment: that he …
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LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. flights were slowly beginning to resume departures and a ground stop was lifted after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to fix a system outage overnight that forced a halt to all U.S. departing flights. Here’s what we know so far: NUMBERS OF FLIGHTS: * A total of 4,314 flights were delayed …
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MONTREAL (Reuters) – Air Canada, the foreign carrier with the most flights into the United States, said its transborder operations would be affected by a U.S. system outage on Wednesday, but it was too early to determine the full impact. Canada’s largest carrier said on Wednesday it will put in place a “goodwill policy” for …
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By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) -U.S. clean energy companies are offering better wages and benefits, flying in trainers from overseas, and contemplating ideas like buying roofing and electric repair shops just to hire their workers as firms try to overcome a labor shortage that threatens to derail President Joe Biden’s climate change agenda. …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Retail sales volumes in Brazil posted in November their biggest drop in five months, government statistics agency IBGE said on Wednesday, affected by higher fuel prices and a weak Black Friday performance last year. Brazil’s retail sales fell 0.6% in November from October, IBGE reported, a deeper drop than the 0.3% …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden has ordered an investigation into an FAA system outage that grounded flights across the country Wednesday morning and said the cause of the failure was unknown. Biden told reporters at the White House he had spoken to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and they should have a good sense in a …
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A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. No news from the Fed appears to be good news these days. Markets breathed a collective sigh of relief that Tuesday’s first 2023 outing from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell sidestepped any signal on policy rates and that he didn’t double …
By Jason Lange and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Republicans who tried to block Kevin McCarthy’s leadership bid last week share more than far-right political views. They also command powerful fundraising machines powered by small-dollar donations. Their fundraising has a lot in common with the fundraising organizations of the Democratic …
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By Carolyn Cohn and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – UK property funds face further exit requests, asset fire sales and reduced demand from pension schemes after payout restrictions prompted investors to reassess the risks of such holdings, industry experts say. BlackRock and M&G are among asset managers to have deferred third-quarter property fund withdrawals this …
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