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Republicans Simmer Over Voting Stand by Some US Corporate Leaders

Voa News 15 Apr 2021

companies, including iconic brands like Starbucks, Target, Levi Strauss, and airline firms Delta, American and United, gathered virtually to discuss publicly supporting measures making it easier, not more difficult, for Americans to vote ... "Historically, companies had done everything possible to avoid being politically active," he said.

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Biden would do world a favor by dumping Trump’s trade practices

China Daily 15 Apr 2021

Trump's tariff gamble was based on a misconception that American consumers could wean themselves off Chinese products and swallow a chunk of the tariffs by paying more for local goods, that more demand for domestic products would create more jobs, and that American companies ...

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In debate over foreign influence on Maine politics, echoes of Citizens United’s corporate speech decision

Bangor Daily News 15 Apr 2021

Gerald Petruccelli, an attorney representing the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, says the foreign-influence bills might also silence American companies with foreign investors ... NextEra Energy is an American company and 2 percent of its ownership is the Norwegian government’s ...

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Interior further delays Trump rule that would make drillers pay less to feds

The Hill 15 Apr 2021

“In its final days, the previous administration sought to shortchange American taxpayers for the resources that oil and gas companies extract from public lands,” an Interior spokesperson said in a statement ... The rule changed the way that royalties companies pay to the government ...

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Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA uniforms

The Times & Democrat 15 Apr 2021

The uniforms, along with Ralph Lauren-designed Olympic Village attire for the American athletes, had been ready to go when the Games were postponed last summer due to the pandemic. “It seems like we're all go now," David Lauren, the company's chief branding and innovation officer, told The Associated Press ahead of the reveal.

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How did Missouri do when Americans were asked to rank the states?

Neosho Daily News 15 Apr 2021

for 1776, asked a little more than 1,200 Americans to rank the states. The international data company, YouGov, asked participants in a series of head-to-head matchups to pick the state they thought was “better.” ... The company said that data was weighted to be ...

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US CEOs sign statement against ‘discriminatory’ voting laws

The News International 15 Apr 2021

Hundreds of American chief executives, companies, non-profits and others on Wednesday signed a statement opposing legislation that would curtail voting rights in the United States ... "For American democracy to work for any of us, we must ensure the right to vote for all of us," ...

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Football: Plan for mass vaccination of Brazilian footballers hits snag

Straits Times 15 Apr 2021

Anvisa also said vaccines donated by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech Ltd to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) had yet to receive full regulatory approval in Brazil ... Once all high-risk individuals had received a jab, private companies could take half, with the other half going to the SUS, the representative added.

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Why flights from Central America to LA often have the enticing aroma of fried chicken

Herald Mail 15 Apr 2021

A company spokeswoman insists that the U.S ... But for many Guatemalans and Salvadorans, the American chicken lacks a key ingredient ... American origin ... Before the pandemic hit, to-go orders at the two Central American airports stood at nearly 400,000 annually, company executives said.

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FBD investors sell out after frustrations over lack of dividends

Irish Independent 15 Apr 2021

Sources said the buyers were two North American equity asset managers, one of which is understood to have been scouting for undervalued Irish companies over the last few month s, having already invested in an Irish listed company in the past ... M&G took its position from 7.4pc of the company to 6.96pc.

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Joe Biden's corporate tax purge could bankrupt Irish unity project

Belfast Telegraph 15 Apr 2021

Now it has come to the fore in Washington and President Joe Biden's administration has announced that it will seek a global minimum corporate tax rate of 21% in respect of the foreign profits of large American companies ... A few years ago a leading American economist wrote about it and coined the memorable phrase "leprechaun economics".

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Earnings, metal rally spur record high for European stocks

Metro USA 15 Apr 2021

UK’s commodity-heavy FTSE 100 outperformed as a surge in metals prices lifted shares of companies such as Rio Tinto, Anglo American and BHP ... Swiss engineering company ABB rose 3.3% after ...

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European stocks rally to record

Hong Kong Standard 15 Apr 2021

UK’s commodity-heavy FTSE 100 outperformed as a surge in metals prices lifted shares of companies such as Rio Tinto, Anglo American and BHP. Swiss engineering company ABB added 3.3 percent after ...

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Ralph Lauren unveils crisp white Team USA Olympic uniforms

Asahi News 15 Apr 2021

The uniforms, along with Ralph Lauren-designed Olympic Village attire for the American athletes, had been ready to go when the Games were postponed last summer due to the pandemic. “It seems like we’re all go now,” David Lauren, the company’s chief branding and innovation officer, told The Associated Press ahead of the reveal.

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