By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Employers cannot be held liable when workers contract COVID-19 on the job and spread it to their household members, California’s top court has ruled, siding with business groups that warned of a potential flood of litigation. The seven-member California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that allowing so-called “take-home COVID” claims…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tesla wants the Biden administration to finalize more stringent vehicle emissions limits than those proposed in April by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), putting the automaker at odds with other manufacturers. The EPA in April proposed 2027-2032 vehicle standards that would cut emissions by 56% and result in an estimated…
(Reuters) – Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen Inc’s Leqembi emerged as the first Alzheimer’s treatment to win the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s standard approval on Thursday, a milestone in drug development for a disease that has seen multiple failures in the past. The following is a list of companies that are currently developing treatments…
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The central bankers’ central bank, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has laid out a seven-point plan designed to help countries prevent cyber hacks on the new wave of digital national currencies under development. Around 130 countries are now exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to keep up with…
By Maria Carolina Marcello and Gabriel Araujo BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved on Friday the main text of a tax reform that will restructure the country’s complex consumption taxes, a move President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva touted as a “great victory”. Such a reform – previously attempted by various administrations without…
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -Shares of Rivian Automotive surged more than 18% on Friday as it continued to rally after the electric vehicle (EV) maker reported better-than-expected quarterly deliveries early this week. Rivian said on Monday it delivered 12,640 vehicles in the second quarter on steady demand from customers, beating market estimates. That…
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli security forces on Friday killed two Palestinians who carried out a shooting attack against police this week, Israel’s military said. Israeli forces raided the occupied West Bank town of Nablus, the military said, and “both terrorists were killed following an exchange of fire.” The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said…
PARIS (Reuters) – Two years after the world’s largest jetliner rolled out of its Toulouse factory for the last time, Airbus is preparing to bring some A380 superjumbos back to their birthplace for wing inspections even as it re-dedicates the plant to smaller jets. A380 production stopped in 2021 and part of the giant Jean-Luc…
(Reuters) – A clearer outlook on the United States’ monetary policy cycle, economic policy adjustments and fewer energy price shocks make for more stable credit conditions for sovereigns across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, S&P Global said in a report. Conditions are however stabilizing at lower levels, weighed down by the aftermath of the…
By David Brunnstrom and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington hopes to rally Southeast Asian nations to take tougher action against Myanmar’s military junta and to push back on China’s actions in the South China Sea as top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken heads to the region for meetings next week, a State Department official said…
