Minneapolis ex-officer sentenced to nearly 5 years in Floyd killing
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was sentenced on Monday to 4-3/4 years in prison for…
August 7, 2023
US watchdog reviewing Julie Su’s status as acting labor secretary
By Josephine Walker WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. government watchdog is reviewing how long Democratic President Joe Biden’s pick for labor…
UK food price inflation to fall to 10% in late 2023, BoE’s Pill says
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British food price inflation is likely to fall to around 10% later this year,…
Judge dismisses Trump’s defamation claim against E. Jean Carroll
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed Donald Trump’s defamation counterclaim against the writer E….
Musk’s X to pay legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on platform
(Reuters) -Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf…
Pakistan to privatise loss-making national airline
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan plans to privatise its loss-making national carrier Pakistan International Airlines, the government said on…
Analysis-Will AI be an economic blessing or curse? History offers clues
By Mark John (Reuters) – If medieval advances in the plough didn’t lift Europe’s peasants out of poverty, it was…
Exclusive-Petrobras investments may rise up to 10% in new 5-year plan, says CFO
By Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Petrobras may increase investments in its next five-year business plan by…
US banking industry starts to pick its battles against new capital rules
By Douglas Gillison, Nupur Anand and Tatiana Bautzer (Reuters) – Now that regulators in Washington have unfurled a hefty reform…
Fed should do more to encourage discount window use: ex-Fed staffer
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Regulatory guidelines issued in late July encouraging banks to incorporate the Federal Reserve’s so-called discount…