By Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) – Investigators have found that two Italian sub-contractors used cheaper and non-compliant forms of titanium and aluminium to make certain parts for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, saving significant sums of money and threatening plane safety, prosecutors said on Saturday. Below are details of the investigation: HOW IT STARTED The investigation by…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tax and spending plans would produce more than twice as much new debt as the plans from Vice President Kamala Harris, a budget-focused think-tank estimated on Monday. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which advocates reducing federal deficits, released new detailed estimates showing…
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – As Hurricane Milton strengthened to a Category 5 storm on Monday, Floridians scrambled to prepare for its arrival this week near Tampa, where it may bring blistering winds, life-threatening storm surge and torrential rains to the Gulf Coast for the second time in two weeks. Milton strengthened to the most…
LUBUMBASHI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional watchdog has found no evidence that a 2012 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) conflict minerals disclosure rule has reduced violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, it said in a report on Monday. Armed groups continue to fight for control of gold mines in the east…
