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US, EU positions on China converge, senior official says

US, EU positions on China converge, senior official says

Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios EU and US positions on China have converged, thanks in part to Beijing’s growing assertiveness and budding partnership with Russia, according to Stefano Sannino, secretary general of the foreign policy branch of the EU. Why is this important: The EU declared Beijing a “systemic rival” in 2019, but European leaders have been …

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A new senior Fed official criticized Biden's agenda: “Stop.  Seriously'

A new senior Fed official criticized Biden’s agenda: “Stop. Seriously’

Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman and former U.S. Treasury official Michael Faulkender discuss the U.S. economy and labor market in “The Evening Edit.” Austan Goolsbee, who was named the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Thursday, has regularly taken part in a poll of University of Chicago economists, often siding with the …

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Twitter is less secure due to Elon Musk's management style, says former top official |  CNN Business

Twitter is less secure due to Elon Musk’s management style, says former top official | CNN Business

CNN Business — The dictatorial management style of Twitter owner Elon Musk risks driving the company headlong into unforced business mistakes, content moderation disasters and the degradation of the platform’s core features that help protect vulnerable users, according to a former top Twitter executive who led the company’s content moderation before quitting abruptly. this month. …

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Twitter is less secure due to Elon Musk's management style, says former top official |  CNN Business

Twitter is less secure due to Elon Musk’s management style, says former top official | CNN Business

CNN Business — The dictatorial management style of Twitter owner Elon Musk risks driving the company headlong into unforced business mistakes, content moderation disasters and the degradation of the platform’s core features that help protect vulnerable users, according to a former top Twitter executive who led the company’s content moderation before quitting abruptly. this month. …

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Latin America stagnation 'worse than 1980s', says UN official

Latin America stagnation ‘worse than 1980s’, says UN official

Low investment, low productivity and inadequate education condemned Latin America to a period of economic failure even worse than the “lost decade” of the 1980s, according to the UN’s top economics official in the region. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, new head of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said the …

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Railway union strike would create 'crippling' economy, warns industry official

Railway union strike would create ‘crippling’ economy, warns industry official

Association of American Railroads President and CEO Ian Jeffries said the companies are “ready, willing and able” to negotiate new terms with railroad unions. After a fourth U.S. railroad union rejected a deal with their employers brokered by the Biden administration – and rekindled fears of a national railroad strike – a spokesperson for the …

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Treasury official proposes plan to make more bond trading data public

Treasury official proposes plan to make more bond trading data public

A senior Treasury Department official has proposed sweeping changes to how transactions in the $24 billion U.S. government bond market are disclosed, amid growing calls to improve the transparency and resilience of that market. which is considered the foundation of the global financial system. Treasuries trading is notoriously opaque, and regulators and investors have long …

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