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  • Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) arrives at Democratic Party caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/ File Photo

    Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?

    By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, Reuters

    In shutdowns, nonessential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...

  • FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds prescription painkiller OxyContin at a local pharmacy in Provo

    Delaware Sues Opioid Manufacturers, Distributors Over Epidemic

    By Nate Raymond, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Delaware on Friday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing corporations of helping fuel the national opioid epidemic, suing a wide range of companies involved in making,...

  • usFILE PHOTO: A bulldozer moves coal at the Murray Energy Corporation port facility in Powhatan Point, Ohio

    Trump's Coal Job Push Stumbles in Most States

    By Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew...

  • FILE PHOTO - Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a tax reform industry meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    Trump Tries to Sell Tax Reform to Democrats

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to sell Democrats on his tax reform plan on Wednesday even as Senate Republicans edged closer to passing a budget measure that...

  • FILE PHOTO: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (L) listens to Representative Tom Marino (R-PA) (R) before a House Judiciary committee hearing on the 'Oversight of the US Department of Homeland Security' on Capitol Hill in Washington July 14, 20

    Trump's drug czar nominee withdraws from consideration

    By Sarah N. Lynch and Makini Brice, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. lawmaker who was President Donald Trump's pick for drug czar withdrew on Tuesday after a report he spearheaded a bill that hurt the government's ability to crack down...

  • Congressman Kenji Fujimori from the Popular Force Party (Partido Fuerza Popular) sits in Congress in Lima, Peru, December 21, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

    Peru eyeing tax reforms, new measures to boost growth

    By Marco Aquino, Reuters

    LIMA (Reuters) - The government of Peruvian President Ollanta Humala is evaluating tax reforms to stimulate sluggish economic growth and has not ruled out trimming the corporate tax rate from 30...

  • The entrance gate to The Walt Disney Co is pictured in Burbank, California February 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

    Disney profit meets estimates with help from 'Guardians' film

    By Lisa Richwine, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co posted quarterly profit that fell in line with Wall Street expectations as the media and theme park giant rode the blockbuster performance of its movie box office hits "...

  • A businessman looks at a screen displaying a photo of U.S. $100 banknotes in Tokyo, in this April 8, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/Files

    Japan's Aso: weak yen benefits exporters and tax revenue

    By Reuters

    Aso, speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting, also said that sudden yen gains or yen falls have an impact on the economy. He said the yen has weakened rapidly compared to when it was trading...

  • U.S. regulators to join UK in forex fines for banks

    By Douwe Miedema and Kirstin Ridley, Reuters

    WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators plan to join their UK peers in a multi-billion-dollar settlement with a group of the biggest global banks accused of manipulating the foreign exchange...

  • UK alternative finance market set to surge in 2015: study

    By Reuters

    The report from innovation charity Nesta and the University of Cambridge said alternative finance to businesses and consumers was set to hit 1.74 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) in 2014, before jumping...