By Andrea Shalal LUSAKA (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the United States wanted to see quicker progress on the World Bank’s plans for expanding its lending[...]
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Environment
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen says IRS needs to be ‘completely redone’
By Andrea Shalal LUSAKA, Zambia (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said rebuilding the Internal Revenue Service would be one of her top priorities in coming years, puttin[...]
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Biden, McCarthy to meet on debt limit as Yellen warns of consequences
By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason DAKAR/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday warned that the U.S. government cannot choose to pay some bills over others if Congress fails to r[...]
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Davos 2023: Key takeaways from the World Economic Forum
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Global leaders and business executives departed a freezing World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting on Friday after a frank exchange of views over how the world will tac[...]
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China’s coal imports from Russia fall in Dec, but up 20% in 2022
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s coal imports from Russia dropped in December as logistics issues and inclement winter in Russia curbed shipments and Chinese demand weakened amid surging COVI[...]
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Davos 2023: What you need to know about the WEF on Thursday
By Kathryn Lurie DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – All eyes were on Greta Thunberg on Thursday as she called on the global energy industry and its financiers to end all fossil fuel investments at a[...]
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Davos 2023: Global trade rethink: ‘race of the big pockets’?
By Mark John DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The United States pitched its vision of “worker-centric” trade. China promised an “all-round opening up”. Europe spoke of its[...]
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Zambia received ‘debt-for-nature’ proposal from WWF for restructuring
(This Jan. 18 story has been corrected to change the timing of IMF MD Georgieva’s visit to Zambia from “in two weeks” to “next week” in paragraph 14) By Marc Jones and Ra[...]
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Heavy slate of U.S. oil refinery overhauls to crimp fuel output
By Laura Sanicola WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil refiners plan twice as many refinery overhauls this spring as usual, aiming to resume maintenance delayed by the pandemic and by the lure of rec[...]
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