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US consumer watchdog broadens layoffs beyond probationary staff, sources say
By Douglas Gillison, Nupur Anand, Chris Prentice and Pete Schroeder NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A new category of employees at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received termination notices on Thursday, according to five sources and termination letters, in a sign that the Trump admi...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
South Korea to review non-tariff barriers to respond to US reciprocal tariff plan
SEOUL, Feb 14 (Reuters) - South Korea will thoroughly review non-tariff barriers and other vulnerabilities to respond to a U.S. plan to introduce reciprocal tariffs, the country's acting president said on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump tasked his economics team on Thursday with devisin...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
Texas judge fines NY doctor at least $100,000 for prescribing abortion pills
Adds Governor Hochul statement in paragraph 8By Jack Queen Feb 13 (Reuters) - A Texas state judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay a penalty of at least $100,000 and stop providing abortion pills to women in Texas, in a win for the state's Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton.T...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
US Treasury's Bessent says Americans will see value in Ukraine for them
Adds quotes, background and details in paragraphs 3-7By Andrea Shalal and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he visited Ukraine this week to further align the United States with the Ukrainian people and to let Americans know that they will see va...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
US Defense Department contract 'inaccurately represented' on social media, says Thomson Reuters
Adds DARPA commentBy Kenneth Li Feb 13 (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters TRI.TO said on Thursday its business with the U.S. Department of Defense was "inaccurately represented," in response to accusations on social media by Elon Musk and President Donald Trump that the company played a role in ...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
Trump, India's Modi avoid discussing minorities, rights in meeting
Trump, Modi met on Thursday in WashingtonUS has overlooked rights issues in India, viewing New Delhi as a counter to ChinaExperts note some similarities in Modi and TrumpBy Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and India's Hindu nationalist Prime Minister N...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
NEWSMAKER-Who is Danielle Sassoon, the prosecutor who stood up to Trump's DOJ over Eric Adams' case?
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) - When Danielle Sassoon's college newspaper asked her two decades ago for three words she would use to describe herself, the first word the future lawyer said was "independent." On Thursday, Sassoon demonstrated that independence when she resign...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
Berkshire sells some DaVita shares, cuts stake to 45%
Feb 13 (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway BRKa.N said on Thursday night it sold 203,091 shares of DaVita DVA.N, reducing its stake in the kidney dialysis services provider to about 35.89 million shares, a 45% stake worth nearly $6.4 billion.In a regulatory filing, Berkshire said the February 11 sale was...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
Trump wants a study of abortion pills' safety, RFK Jr tells Fox News
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for a study on the safety of abortion pills and he has not made a decision on whether to tighten restrictions on the pills, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Fox News in an interview on Thursday.Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
BRIEF-Ezfill Holdings Says Prices Public Offering Of 5 Million Shares At $3.00 Each
Feb 13 (Reuters) - EzFill Holdings Inc EZFL.O:EZFILL HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $15 MILLION PUBLIC OFFERING AND CLOSING OF SHARE EXCHANGE WITH NEXTNRGEZFILL HOLDINGS INC - PRICES PUBLIC OFFERING OF 5 MILLION SHARES AT $3.00 EACHSource text: ID:nGNX4ZjpqxFurther company coverage: EZFL.OReuters
Fri, Feb 14
US Treasury's Bessent says Americans will see value in Ukraine for them
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he visited Ukraine this week to further align the United States with the Ukrainian people and to let Americans know that they will see value created for them in post-war Ukraine.Speaking on Fox News after a brief trip to Kyiv,...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
BRIEF-Apple To Restore Tiktok To Us App Store Following Justice Department Letter - Bloomberg News
Feb 13 (Reuters) - APPLE TO RESTORE TIKTOK TO US APP STORE FOLLOWING JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LETTER - BLOOMBERG NEWSSource text: [https://tinyurl.com/mr2b2mkw]Further company coverage: AAPL.OReuters
Fri, Feb 14
BRIEF-Oculis Says Prices Offering Of 5 Mln Shares At $20 Each
Feb 13 (Reuters) - Oculis Holding AG CR5.F:OCULIS ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $100 MILLION OVERSUBSCRIBED OFFERING OF ORDINARY SHARESOCULIS HOLDING AG - PRICING OF AN UNDERWRITTEN OFFERING OF 5 MILLION ORDINARY SHARES, CHF 0.01 NOMINAL VALUE PER SHARE, AT A PRICE OF $20.00 PER SHARESource text: ID:nGNX1Bj7...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
What's in Trump's new order on reciprocal US tariffs?
President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to tear up decades-old low U.S. tariff rates, raising them to match those of other countries and counteract other barriers to American goods to try to shrink a U.S. goods trade deficit that topped $1.2 trillion last year.
US health secretary says he would be surprised if there were job cuts to 50% of HHS employees
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday he didn't know anything about reports that 50% of employees at his department would be fired as the Trump administration aims to reduce the workforce."If you care about public healt...Reuters
Fri, Feb 14
Apple to restore TikTok on US app store after Attorney General's letter, Bloomberg News reports
Feb 13 (Reuters) - Apple AAPL.O will restore ByteDance-owned TikTok on its U.S. App Store on Thursday following a directive from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.Reuters
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