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(Reuters) – Raytheon Technologies Corp said it is a target of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into hiring practices in the aerospace industry, the U.S. aerospace and defense firm said in a filing on Friday. No criminal charge has been filed against the company or its affiliates, the company added. Raytheon had received a …

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LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s economy is expected to have stayed above pre-pandemic levels in December and January, due to the recovery of internal demand and a record in exports, despite lower mining output after recurring social conflicts, the central bank said Friday. “The economy is recovering, the output gap is closing, but it would still …

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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday rejected an appeal by 18 Democratic lawmakers who want the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to end its practice of charging mostly middle and lower-income countries significant surcharges on larger loans that are not repaid quickly. The IMF has estimated that borrowing countries will …

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By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Friday, giving back some of this week’s gains, as the potential for an imminent Russian attack on Ukraine triggered a selloff in risk-sensitive assets. Wall Street tumbled and safe-havens such as U.S. Treasuries and the U.S. dollar rallied after Washington …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department wants to depose some of Apple’s top executives as it prepares for a trial to determine if Alphabet’s Google broke antitrust law in how it runs its search business, a lawyer representing Apple said on Friday. In its complaint, the Justice Department accused Google of paying billions of dollars …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Toyota Motor Corp, Ford Motor Co and General Motors Co, said Friday the disruption at the Canadian border from trucking protests forced new production cuts at plants in Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Alabama and Ontario. Ford, the second largest U.S. automaker, said a parts shortage stemming from the border disruption …

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