Maria Contreras-Sweet listens to remarks during her ceremonial swearing-in as Administrator of the Small Business Administration at the White House in Washington April 7, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque March 6, 2018 (Reuters) – Maria Contreras-Sweet said in a statement on Tuesday that her group was pulling out of its offer to […]
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Wall Street gains even as trade war worries dominate
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly March 6, 2018 By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks eked out a small gain on Tuesday after a choppy session as investors […]
France rejects Britain’s plan for banks to access EU after Brexit
FILE PHOTO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks during a news conference after a National Council of Industry at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, France, February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier March 6, 2018 LONDON (Reuters) – France said that it was not taking a hard line in Brexit […]
Pushback on Trump tariffs gathers steam, Mexico rejects bid to split NAFTA
FILE PHOTO: Workers ride on an motor rickshaw through an aluminium ingots depot in Wuxi, Jiangsu province in this September 26, 2012 file picture. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo March 6, 2018 By Susan Cornwell and Veronica Gomez WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers stepped up calls for President Donald Trump to […]
Creative ways to spend your required IRA distributions
FILE PHOTO – Cruise ship “Norwegian Joy” is pictured before its departure at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, March 26, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer March 6, 2018 By Beth Pinsker NEW YORK (Reuters) – Half-birthdays usually do not count for much, but one that really matters happens at age 70-1/2. […]
FCC wants nearly $1 billion to revamp PR, Virgin Island communications networks
Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Ajit Pai speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts March 6, 2018 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai proposed on Tuesday directing $954 million toward restoring and expanding communications networks […]
Brazil inflation likely slowed in February, may bolster rate cut bets
FILE PHOTO – Consumers shop for food at a market in Sao Paulo, Brazil January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo March 6, 2018 By Bruno Federowski and Khushboo Mittal BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s inflation rate likely ticked down in February as a slower-than-expected economic recovery kept a lid on prices, […]
Golf: India’s Sharma accepts Masters invite
Mar 4, 2018; Mexico City, MEX; Shubhankar Sharma looks on from the fifth tee box during the final round of the WGC – Mexico Championship golf tournament at Club de Golf Chapultepec. Mandatory Credit: Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports March 6, 2018 (Reuters) – India’s Shubhankar Sharma, fresh off an impressive […]
U.S. sees national security risk from Broadcom’s Qualcomm deal: Treasury
Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom, speaks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson March 6, 2018 (Reuters) – A U.S. government national security panel said it identified potential risks that warrant a full investigation […]
U.S. manufacturing, business spending on equipment slowing
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a rack of SUV doors on a cart, at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Arlington, Texas June 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Stone March 6, 2018 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New orders for U.S.-made goods recorded their biggest decline in six months in January […]