U.S. dollar rises to nearly two-year high on hawkish Fed comments

The U.S. dollar hit its highest in nearly two years on Tuesday, boosted by hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials who pushed for a quick reduction in the central bank's bloated balance sheet, with one of them expressing openness to hefty rate increases of half a percentage point.

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05-04-2022

WarnerMedia chief Kilar to leave after merger with Discovery, memo says

(Reuters) -WarnerMedia Chief Executive Officer Jason Kilar will depart from the company after the AT&T unit's merger with media firm Discovery Inc, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

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05-04-2022

Brazilian economic official a strong candidate to lead Petrobras, says source

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Economy Ministry official Caio Mario Paes de Andrade has emerged as a strong candidate to lead state-run oil company Petrobras after energy consultant Adriano Pires declined the government's nomination, a government official told Reuters on Tuesday.

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05-04-2022

Twitter won't recommend Russia govt accounts, will prohibit some POW content

Twitter said on Tuesday it will not recommend Russian government accounts to users as part of a rule change affecting accounts run by states which limit access to the open internet and are engaged in armed interstate conflict.

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05-04-2022

Jason Kilar to leave WarnerMedia after merger with Discovery - memo

AT&T's WarnerMedia unit chief Jason Kilar will depart from the company after the merger with media firm Discovery, according to a memo seen by Reuters.

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05-04-2022

Commodity currencies gain, led by Aussie dollar; euro falls

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, Saikat Chatterjee and Julien Ponthus

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05-04-2022

Brazilian economic official most likely pick to lead Petrobras, says O Globo

Brazilian Economy Ministry official Caio Mario Paes de Andrade has emerged as the most likely choice to lead state-run oil company Petrobras after energy consultant Adriano Pires declined the government's nomination, newspaper O Globo reported on Tuesday.

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05-04-2022

German chemical industry suspends pay talks due to war in Ukraine

Germany's chemical and pharmaceutical industry on Tuesday agreed a lump sum payment for workers and put further collective wage bargaining on hold, citing uncertainty stemming from Russia's attack on Ukraine.

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05-04-2022

What yield curve? Bond strategists see a flat line all year- Reuters poll

The U.S. Treasury yield curve, already hammered into a flat line after one of its worst quarters in decades, is set to remain off its normal upwardly-sloping shape over the coming year, according to a Reuters poll of bond strategists.

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