Novartis to answer U.S. Senate demand for data manipulation details
FILE PHOTO: Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ logo is seen at the company’s plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File
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U.S. senators ask Amazon CEO if ‘Amazon’s Choice’ deceives consumers
FILE PHOTO: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses his company’s new Fire smartphone at a news conference in Seattle, Washington June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Redmond WASHINGTON
Congress weighs changes to retiree savings, pensions, Social Security
A string of pending proposals on Capitol Hill could change the way current and future retirees live. But that’s assuming they can first get through
U.S., China move trade talks to Shanghai amid deal pessimism
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators shift to Shanghai this week for their first in-person talks since a G20 truce last month, a
U.S. lawmakers challenge Facebook over Libra cryptocurrency plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers quizzed Facebook on Wednesday over its planned cryptocurrency, after a bruising first bout a day earlier when senators from both
Facebook faces more scrutiny from Congress over Libra cryptocurrency plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc faces more questioning by U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday over its planned cryptocurrency, after a bruising first bout when senators from
Bills targeting China’s Huawei introduced in U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives introduced bills on Tuesday to keep tight restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd,
Facebook should not be trusted with ‘crazy’ cryptocurrency plan: senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Tuesday that Facebook Inc’s track record of what they described as untrustworthiness should stand in the
U.S. SEC chief says he has not discussed Libra with Facebook
FILE PHOTO: Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, speaks during an interview with CNBC at the Sandler O’Neill + Partners Global Exchange
Senators grill Facebook on its plans for Libra cryptocurrency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is “delusional” to believe people will trust it with their money, a U.S. senator said on Tuesday as lawmakers from
Exclusive: Pentagon races to track U.S. rare earths output amid China trade dispute
(Reuters) – The Pentagon is rapidly assessing the United States’ rare earths capability in a race to secure stable supply of the specialized material amid
House approves 9/11 victims bill, sends it to Senate
Early morning light illuminates the wreckage of the World Trade Center 25 September, 2001 in New York. Search and rescue efforts continue in the aftermath
These pension plans are at risk of going broke. Lawmakers need a fix
Washington D.C. Danita Delimont | Getty Images About 1.3 million Americans could have their retirement funds at risk if Congress can’t come up with the
Powell testimony, Fed meeting highlight case for ‘insurance’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A confidence shock driven partly by the U.S. trade war is at the center of an increasingly persuasive argument for Federal Reserve
Fed’s Powell bolsters rate cut view on trade, growth concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday set the stage for the first U.S. interest rate cut in a decade later this
Fed’s Powell says trade, global growth concerns continue to weigh on U.S. economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Concerns about trade policy and a weak global economy “continue to weigh on the U.S. economic outlook” and the Federal Reserve stands
Fed chief likely to focus on trade-inspired policy shift in testimony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve over the course of its 105-year history has changed monetary policy in reaction to property crashes, war, financial
U.S., China to relaunch talks with little changed since deal fell apart
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States and China are set to relaunch trade talks this week after a two-month hiatus, but a year after