By Brendan Pierson and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -A Washington jury on Tuesday ordered Bayer to pay $100 million to four people who say they were sickened by toxic chemicals known as PCBs at a Seattle-area school, but found the company was not liable for injuries alleged by 11 others. The verdict, which follows a two-month …
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(Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico looks set to survive an upcoming no-confidence vote after rebel lawmakers in one ruling coalition party said they would not support the motion. Opposition parties said on Tuesday they were initiating a no-confidence vote against Fico’s leftist-nationalist government, accusing him of dragging the country’s foreign policy closer to …
By Elisa Martinuzzi LONDON (Reuters) -Armed conflict is the top risk in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released on Wednesday showed, a reminder of the deepening global fragmentation as government and business leaders attend an annual gathering in Davos next week. Nearly one in four of the more than 900 experts surveyed across …
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By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s economy contracted for the second consecutive year in 2024, highlighting the depth of the downturn gripping Europe’s biggest economy. Germany’s economy shrank by 0.2% over the full year – in line with economists’ forecasts – and by 0.1% in the final quarter, the Federal Statistics Office said on Wednesday, …
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(Reuters) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday it has closed an investigation on Daimler Truck’s 313,101 North American vehicles over an engine wiring concern. The auto safety regulator had opened the probe, which covered Daimler’s Freightliner Cascadia trucks from model years 2017-2021, on reports of engine electrical wiring harness chafe in …
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WASHINGTON, 15 ene (Reuters) – El senador Marco Rubio, elegido por el presidente electo Donald Trump para ser secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, dijo el miércoles que tanto Rusia como Ucrania tendrán que hacer concesiones para poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania. “Va a ser un trabajo duro”, dijo Rubio en su audiencia …
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) -Papal thriller “Conclave” led nominations for the BAFTA Film Awards on Wednesday, with music-themed and horror productions also faring well at Britain’s top movie honours. “Conclave,” about scheming cardinals deciding who to elect as pope, secured 12 nods including for best film, director for Edward Berger and leading actor for …
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NUEVA YORK, 15 ene (Reuters) – Los beneficios de algunos de los mayores bancos de Estados Unidos aumentaron en el cuarto trimestre gracias al repunte de la negociación y a la fortaleza de los mercados de renta variable, lo que provocaba un repunte de las acciones bancarias el miércoles. El entorno de mercado ha sido …
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission requested the 27 EU members on Wednesday to conduct a 15-month risk assessment of outbound investments in semiconductor, artificial intelligence and quantum technologies, which could lead to measures to protect EU economic security. EU members should review investments by their companies in non-EU countries going back to the start …
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Por Michael S. Derby HARTFORD, EEUU, 15 ene (Reuters) – El presidente del Banco de la Reserva Federal de Nueva York dijo el miércoles que las futuras medidas de política monetaria dependerán de los datos económicos, ya que el banco central enfrenta un alto nivel de incertidumbre en gran parte impulsado por los posibles cambios …
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