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Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan said on Friday he expected to finalise a free trade agreement with the European Union by the end of next year, despite the EU’s anger over Canberra’s cancellation of a submarine contract with France. Brussels Read more
The center of gravity for U.S. auto manufacturing is moving south, with electric vehicle and battery makers planning to spend nearly $24 billion in new factories from Arizona to Georgia. Already announced are the following plants and investments: ARIZONA Startup Read more
An international deal setting a global minimum corporate tax level could mean Facebook will pay more tax, the world’s largest digital social network said on Friday. “Facebook has long called for reform of the global tax rules, and we recognise Read more
Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX.N) Chief Executive Richard Adkerson said on Friday he was encouraged by a recent conversation with Peruvian President Pedro Castillo about taxation and corruption in the world’s second-largest copper producing country. Castillo, a member of a Marxist-Leninist party, Read more
Bayer is evaluating its legal options after Mexican health regulators for the first time rejected a GMO corn permit it was seeking, the German pharmaceutical and crop science giant said in a statement to Reuters on Friday, blasting the decision Read more
The company that operates the pipeline that spilled an estimated 3,000 barrels of oil into the Pacific Ocean off California has an 800-page manual on handling an oil spill – but it is unclear whether its employees followed those procedures. Read more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday disclosed it circulated Boeing Co’s (BA.N) application seeking approval to launch and operate 147 satellites to provide broadband internet access for a vote. Boeing first filed with the FCC in 2017 seeking approval Read more