France accused of ‘delaying’ EU shells for Ukraine -The Telegraph

(Reuters) – France was accused of slowing down a European Union 2-billion-euro ($2.12 billion) package for purchasing weapons for Ukraine by demanding that the munitions be manufactured inside the bloc, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. “Paris wanted guarantees that a deal to jointly procure weapons would only benefit firms based in the EU,” the newspaper …

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Presidente de Ecuador no aparece en documentos desclasificados: regulador

Por Alexandra Valencia QUITO, 15 mar (Reuters) – El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, y sus familiares no aparecen en los documentos desclasificados del regulador de empresas del país, dijo el miércoles la entidad, refiriéndose a los archivos que los legisladores de la oposición habían buscado para apuntalar una posible juicio político. La Asamblea Nacional …

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Americans are wary of bailouts as banking concerns mount – Reuters/Ipsos poll

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan majority of Americans oppose U.S. taxpayers footing the bill when bad management causes a bank to fail, though Republican opposition to bank bailouts has softened over the last decade, a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Wednesday found. The poll’s results point to a potential political problem for Democratic …

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U.S. court sentences Mexican ex-governor to nine years for money laundering

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Mexican governor to nine years in prison for accepting at least $3.5 million in illegal bribe money and using it to fraudulently purchase property in the United States. According to a court filing, Tomas Yarrington, a former governor of northern Tamaulipas state, was …

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U.S. issues initial Medicare drug price negotiation guidance

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government will select the Medicare program’s 10 costliest prescription medicines based on gross spending for negotiating price cuts that will go into effect in 2026, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said on Wednesday CMS will only accept one formal written counter …

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Bain Capital’s Connaughton says SVB fallout will weigh on banks

By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bain Capital’s co-managing partner, John Connaughton, told Reuters on Wednesday that the fallout from SVB Financial Group’s collapse will weigh on banks that have already retrenched from lending. Connaughton said private equity firms like Bain have been turning to peers with direct lending arms to secure debt for deals …

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LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign settles racism lawsuit with ex-leader

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in the United States, and its Black former president, Alphonso David, have settled a lawsuit in which David had alleged racial discrimination in his firing, the two sides said on Wednesday. David was fired in September 2021 after New York state …

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Ministro de Hacienda de Colombia estima crecimiento del PIB de hasta 2,5% en 2023

BOGOTÁ, 15 mar (Reuters) – La economía de Colombia crecería hasta un 2,5% este año, por encima de las estimaciones anteriores, dijo el miércoles el ministro de Hacienda, José Antonio Ocampo, quien se declaró optimista por una esperada caída de la inflación y un mejor desempeño del sector agrícola. El Producto Interior Bruto (PIB) de …

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Declassified documents do not mention Ecuador’s Lasso -regulator

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso and his family members do not appear in declassified documents released by the country’s companies regulator, the agency said on Wednesday, referring to files which opposition lawmakers had sought to shore up a possible impeachment bid. Legislators voted on Tuesday to declassify the files, after …

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