US officials remove key obstacle to Thacker Pass lithium project
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday removed one of the last remaining obstacles to Lithium Americas…
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Dollar drifts higher as US debt ceiling in spotlight
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar edged higher on Tuesday in choppy trading, with no clear direction,…
Vice Media gets court sign-off for bankruptcy loan
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Vice Media received court permission on Tuesday to borrow $5 million to fund…
Texas settles with Marriott, sues Hyatt over “resort fees”
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -The State of Texas and Marriott International Inc on Tuesday entered a voluntary agreement…
Wall St ends lower, Treasury yields climb as debt ceiling talks in spotlight
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday and benchmark Treasury yields extended their rise…
GE, Ikea, Home Depot defeat University of California bid for light bulb import bans
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – A group of companies including General Electric Co, Ikea Supply AG and Home Depot Inc…
Bridgewater dumps bank stocks amid turmoil in first quarter -filings
(This May 15 story has been corrected to say ‘million,’ not ‘billion,’ in paragraph 8) By Carolina Mandl SAO PAULO…
Taco Bell seeks to cancel smaller rivals’ ‘Taco Tuesday’ trademarks
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -Yum Brands Inc’ Taco Bell Corp on Tuesday asked the U.S. Trademark Office to cancel two…
Mexican president: ‘No problem’ if Grupo Mexico buys Citi’s Banamex unit
By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Negotiations over the sale of Citigroup Inc’s Mexican retail bank Citibanamex are “going really…
J&J’s proposed talc settlement would pay $400 million to US state AGs
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson has set aside $400 million to resolve U.S. state consumer…