Tag: Congress

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday he expects the economy will be back on track in two to three months, as an accelerating nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program gets people back to work and revives activity.FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes speaks during a ceremony to launch a program to expand…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Cecilia Rouse, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 1, 2020 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States must invest heavily in its workforce, infrastructure, research and development remain competitive and stay the world’s largest economy, Cecilia Rouse, chair…

(Adds quotes, background)BRASILIA, April 5 (Reuters) – Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Monday he expected the impasse surrounding this year’s federal budget to be resolved “well before” the official April 22 deadline, and dismissed the recent controversy surrounding it as noise.The 1.5 trillion reais ($264 billion) budget was approved by Congress last month…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Biden holds Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Monday defended his proposal to increase corporate taxes to help pay for a big boost in U.S. infrastructure spending, saying he is not at all worried the tax hike would…

CHISINAU (Reuters) – A Ukrainian judge who left the country in 2016 facing corruption charges was taken back across the border into Ukraine after being abducted outside a gym, the Moldovan interior minister said on Monday.Judge Mykola Chaus was accused by Ukrainian law enforcement of taking a $150,000 bribe and stashing money in a glass…

FILE PHOTO: A large vaccination site is shown as people with preexisting health conditions are granted access to a vaccination during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Inglewood, California, U.S., March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo(Reuters) – The United States has administered more than 165 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country…

April 4 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson:* U.S. CDC SAYS ADMINISTERED 165,053,746 DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE AS OF APRIL 4 VERSUS 161,688,422 DOSES ADMINISTERED AS OF APRIL 3* U.S. CDC SAYS DELIVERED 207,891,295 DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE AS OF APRIL 4 VS 207,866,645 DOSES AS OF APRIL 3* U.S. CDC SAYS 106,214,924 INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECEIVED…

© Reuters. Daily press briefing at the White House in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan contains investment that will foster job growth in the short- and long-term, including child care funding so more Americans get back to work, his top economic adviser said Sunday. Biden’s blueprint to revitalize America’s…

FILE PHOTO: A vial with the AstraZeneca’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is pictured in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Saturday stopped a Baltimore manufacturing plant that ruined 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from making another vaccine developed by AstraZeneca, the New…

2/2 © Reuters. The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Fayetteville 2/2 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed data that showed the U.S. economy created the most jobs in seven months in March but warned Americans that the progress on the economy could be reversed if the coronavirus surges through the…