South American Nations Push To Exclude Fertilizer From Russia Sanctions

South American Nations Push To Exclude Fertilizer From Russia Sanctions

By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Six South American nations are proposing the exclusion of fertilizer from sanctions on Russia, a major world producer whose invasion of Ukraine has disrupted supplies, Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Thursday. She said Brazil has secured the support of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay…

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United Airlines To Let Unvaccinated Employees Return To Jobs March 28 -memo

United Airlines To Let Unvaccinated Employees Return To Jobs March 28 -memo

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Airlines said Thursday it will allow unvaccinated employees to return to their jobs starting March 28 and asked a federal appeals court to dismiss a legal challenge to the COVID-19 mandate as moot. The Chicago-based U.S. carrier said in a memo about 2,200 employees had received vaccine-related reasonable…

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Wall Street Slides As Decades-high Inflation Reading Invites Aggressive Fed Tightening

Wall Street Slides As Decades-high Inflation Reading Invites Aggressive Fed Tightening

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street slid on Thursday as inflation data hit a four-decade high, all but assuring the U.S. Federal Reserve would hike key interest rates at the conclusion of next week’s monetary policy meeting to prevent the economy from overheating. Simmering uncertainties surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine also helped…

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Factbox-Mining Companies Distance Themselves From Russia

Factbox-Mining Companies Distance Themselves From Russia

(Reuters) – Mining companies with ties to Russian businesses are scrambling to sever them in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Britain on Thursday imposed sanctions on seven high-profile Russian oligarchs including Oleg Deripaska, who partly owns EN+ Group, the parent company of UC Rusal, the world’s second-largest aluminium producer. Russia’s ruling party, United…

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