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EU Eyes Joint Gas Buying to Tackle Energy Crunch
Date: March 23, 2022
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union recommended on Wednesday that EU countries jointly buy gas to shore up supply, but warned that seeking to cap wholesale prices would cause problems and undermine efforts to shift to green energy. The European Commission will unveil a detailed plan in May to quit Russian fossil...
EU Raises Over 12 Billion Euros in Debt Sale as Market Watches for Potential New Borrowing
Date: March 22, 2022
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – The European Union raised over 12 billion euros ($13.24 billion) in a debt sale on Tuesday, as investors wait to see if the bloc will unveil a new joint borrowing plan to tackle member states’ funding needs following the invasion of Ukraine. The bloc drew over 59 billion euros in...
Exclusive-Biden to Seek More Than $770 Billion in 2023 Defense Budget, Sources Say
Date: February 17, 2022
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress for a U.S. defense budget exceeding $770 billion for the next fiscal year as the Pentagon seeks to modernize the military, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations, eclipsing the record budget requests by former President Donald Trump. Ongoing budget talks...
Agricultural Micronutrients Market: Government Initiatives Around Soil Biofortification to Favour Growth of Agricultural Micronutrients Market
Date: February 15, 2022
Majorly influenced by a multitude of factors, including the condition of soil, rainfall, atmospheric changes, and the level of deforestation, deficiency of micronutrients in soil remains among the key concerns worldwide. While soil erosion is the key factor accounting for micronutrient-deficient soils, erosion is a continuous process that follows farming, which generates sustained demand...
Commerzbank Shares Fall After Finance Minister Says Govt to Shed Stake in Future
Date: February 15, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – Shares in Commerzbank fell 5% in Lang & Schwarz pre-market trade on Monday after Germany’s Finance Minister said the government would not keep its stake in the lender in the long run. “In the long run, the state will not be a shareholder in Commerzbank,” Christian Lindner was quoted as saying by Handelsblatt newspaper....
UK Must Do More to Recoup Billions of Pounds of Covid Fraud – Lawmakers Say
Date: February 11, 2022
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government is failing to put enough effort into finding fraud in some of its COVID-19 support programmes as taxpayers face losing at least 4 billion pounds ($5.43 billion) to criminals and mistakes, a parliamentary report said. The Public Accounts Committee, which scrutinises state spending, said the lenient approach...