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By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s government has introduced a bill seeking to make it harder for some repeat offenders of violent crimes to get bail even as the federal justice minister says it lacks data to show violent crimes committed by people on bail are on the rise, while pre-trial detentions make up a growing share of adults in provincial and territorial jails. When asked if the […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith interfered with the judicial process, the Canadian province’s ethics commissioner said in a ruling released on Thursday, two weeks before a provincial election that is expected to be hard fought. At a time when raging wildfires in Alberta are testing Smith’s disaster management skills, the announcement is yet another challenge for the right-leaning ruling United Conservative Party (UCP), which has run into trouble […]

By Tom Polansek MANHATTAN, Kansas (Reuters) – Wheat yield potential in Kansas was estimated at 30.0 bushels per acre (bpa) on Thursday by crop scouts on an annual Wheat Quality Council tour, the lowest since at least 2000. The figure in the biggest U.S. winter wheat producer is below the five-year crop tour average of 45.62 bushels per acre from 2017-2022, reflecting the impact of months of drought. No tour […]

By Tom Polansek MANHATTAN, Kansas (Reuters) – Wheat yield potential in Kansas was estimated at 30.0 bushels per acre (bpa) on Thursday by crop scouts on an annual Wheat Quality Council tour, the lowest since at least 2000. The figure in the biggest U.S. winter wheat producer is below the five-year crop tour average of 45.62 bushels per acre from 2017-2022, reflecting the impact of months of drought. No tour […]

By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -Mediobanca said on Thursday it had agreed to buy London-based Arma Partners, as Italy’s leading investment bank seeks to capture growing corporate demand for advisory services on tech deals and expand its international reach. The acquisition, which Mediobanca expects to boost its fee income by 10%, comes ahead of a new three-year strategy that CEO Alberto Nagel will unveil on May 24. With a focus […]

By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -Mediobanca said on Thursday it had agreed to buy London-based Arma Partners, as Italy’s leading investment bank seeks to capture growing corporate demand for advisory services on tech deals and expand its international reach. The acquisition, which Mediobanca expects to boost its fee income by 10%, comes ahead of a new three-year strategy that CEO Alberto Nagel will unveil on May 24. With a focus […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Charlie Javice, who has been accused of defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co through her now-shuttered college financial aid company Frank, has been indicted over her relationship with the bank. A four-count indictment made public on Thursday in Manhattan federal court charges Javice with securities fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Chris Reese) Brought […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Charlie Javice, who has been accused of defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co through her now-shuttered college financial aid company Frank, has been indicted over her relationship with the bank. A four-count indictment made public on Thursday in Manhattan federal court charges Javice with securities fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy. (Reporting by Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Chris Reese) Brought […]

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon overestimated the value of the ammunition, missiles and other equipment it sent to Ukraine by around $3 billion, a Senate aide and a defense official said on Thursday, an error that may lead the way for more weapons being sent to Kyiv for its defense against Russian forces. The error was the result of assigning a higher than warranted value on weaponry that […]