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OTTAWA (Reuters) -Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Alberta on Monday as raging wildfires prompted mass evacuations and reduced energy production in Canada’s main oil-producing province, where meteorologists expect virtually no rain for 10 days or so. In the provincial capital Edmonton, Trudeau received an update on firefighting efforts by Canadian soldiers sent to help provincial firefighting and recovery efforts since Thursday. More troops are expected to join in the coming […]

By Milana Vinn and Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least seven top Barclays Plc bankers have resigned to join to UBS Group AG in the United States in the last few days, people familiar with the matter said. The moves add to a trio of Barclays investment bankers that UBS announced internally it hired last month. They illustrate how UBS is beefing up it bench of U.S. talent […]

By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider -U.S. central bankers on Monday signaled they see interest rates staying high and, if anything, going higher, given inflation that may be slow to improve and an economy showing only tentative signs of weakness. In interviews and media appearances, four regional U.S. central bank presidents began disentangling the data and risks that will feed into a June 13-14 decision about whether to raise interest […]

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Alberta on Monday as raging wildfires prompted mass evacuations and reduced energy production in Canada’s main oil-producing province, where meteorologists expect virtually no rain for 10 days or so. In the provincial capital Edmonton, Trudeau received an update on firefighting efforts by Canadian soldiers sent to help provincial firefighting and recovery efforts since Thursday. More troops are expected to join in the coming […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former associate of Rudy Giuliani is suing him for sexual assault and other wrongdoing, accusing Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer of hiring her to fulfill his desire for a sexual relationship. In a civil complaint filed on Monday in a New York state court in Manhattan, Noelle Dunphy said Giuliani began abusing her almost immediately after hiring her in January 2019 as […]

(Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday said it has begun investing in Capital One Financial Corp and no longer has a stake in Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Berkshire made its disclosures in a regulatory filing listing its U.S.-listed stocks as of March 31. Capital One shares rose 5.3% in after-hours trading, following Berkshire’s disclosure of an approximately $954 million stake in the bank. The filing […]

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The U.S. Virgin islands subpoenaed Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk in its litigation into the role played by JPMorgan Chase & Co in the activity of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Monday court filing. (Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware; Editing by Chris Reese) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -General Motors said on Monday it will recall 42,000 sport utility vehicles in Canada from the 2014 through 2017 model years because the driver’s air-bag inflator may explode during deployment. On Friday, GM recalled 994,763 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles in the United States from the 2014-2017 model years with modules produced by ARC Automotive Inc. GM did not immediately say if […]

(Reuters) – Giro d’Italia followers coming into contact with riders will be required to wear masks in the wake of COVID-19 cases that hit the race and forced overall leader Remco Evenepoel to abandon the ‘Corsa Rosa’, race director Mauro Vegni said on Monday. Belgian Evenepoel pulled out of the race on Sunday, shortly after regaining the overall lead with a tight victory in the time trial after Colombian Rigoberto […]