Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
DeSantis board accuses Disney of controlling previous one with gifts
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -The board appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to oversee Walt Disney's theme parks accused the company of giving a previous local board and its employees millions...
Dec 04, 2023
US crop insurance provides billions in profit for insurers -gov’t agency
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roughly one-third of U.S. government spending to insure the nation's crops since 2011 has gone to insurance companies that derive more than $1 billion in profit ...
Dec 04, 2023
US Treasury swamped by demand for bonus wind, solar tax credits in low-income areas
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Monday said it has been overwhelmed by applications for bonus clean energy tax credits in low-income communities, with officials estimating ...
Dec 04, 2023
Swiss Banque Pictet pays $123 million for helping clients evade US taxes
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Swiss private bank Banque Pictet has admitted to helping U.S. taxpayers hide more than $5.6 billion from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and has entered into a defe...
Dec 04, 2023
Italy’s CDP head says wrong to reject nuclear power
MILAN (Reuters) - The chief executive of Italian state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) on Monday said the energy transition required a flexible approach that left all the options option, includ...
Dec 04, 2023
G7+ and Ukraine launch clean energy partnership at COP28
LONDON (Reuters) - The G7+ nations and the Ukrainian government have launched a clean energy partnership for the reconstruction of Ukraine's energy system, a joint statement by the countries at COP28 ...
Dec 04, 2023
Berkshire declines to pursue its Pilot claims at January trial
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway declined a judge's offer for a January trial to resolve its claims that billionaire Jimmy Haslam tried to improperly in...
Dec 04, 2023
COP28: Egypt to develop domestic regulation to curb methane emissions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Egypt will develop domestic regulations to curb methane emissions, petroleum minister Tarek El Molla said at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Monday. (Reporting by Richard Valdma...
Dec 04, 2023
Trump seeks to appeal reinstated gag orders in New York civil fraud case -filing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking permission to appeal a decision reinstating gag orders in his New York civil fraud case to the state's highest court, a court filing ...
Dec 04, 2023
Zambia digs for at least 25 miners buried in open-pit mudslide
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Rescue workers in Zambia were still searching on Monday for at least 25 informal miners buried alive three days ago by a mudslide at an open-pit copper mine, Mines Minister Paul Kab...
Dec 04, 2023
