By Jason Lange MEMPHIS (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Friday pledged to de-escalate U.S.-China trade tensions, make it easier for farmers to hire foreign laborers and increase federal agricultural research. The former New York mayor’s farm policy program, first reported by Reuters, comes ahead of the March 3 nomination contests in 14 […]
By Marina Lammertyn BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In the Buenos Aires neighborhood where Pope Francis grew up, Argentines quietly hope the pontiff can help solve a debt crisis that has rippled through every part of Argentine society and put the serial defaulter at risk in the markets. Argentina’s new Economy Minister Martin Guzman will meet […]
By Gergely Szakacs and Jason Hovet KOSZARHEGY, Hungary (Reuters) – Istvan Simon’s factory in western Hungary churns out more than a million plastic parts a day but on a busy morning in one of its large production halls there is only the sound of machines clicking and whirring. Workers have all but disappeared. Similar transformations […]
