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The Quad might have finally found a mission amid Covid-19 pandemic

The Quad's priority should be the same as the rest of the region's: promoting growth and development that is healthy and less dependent on China

United States weekly unemployment claims unexpectedly increase

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told reporters on Wednesday that "conditions in the labor market have turned up recently"

An unapologetic activist

Book cover of We Are Not Here To Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance

A high-pressure growth gamble

Biden administration's mega-stimulus could set off a tug of war between growth and inflation and a churn in the markets

Cyptocurrency trading frenzy fuels boom of Bitcoin ATMs in parts of US

Bitcoin's growing popularity has been the primary driver for new installations

Banned by Trump adminstration, Huawei turns from smartphones to fishery

Once the world's largest smartphone maker, the Chinese corporation has seen a series of US sanctions almost obliterate its lucrative consumer business

Joe Biden eyes first major federal tax hike since 1993 to fund growth plan

Unlike the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus act, the next initiative, which is expected to be even bigger, won't rely just on government debt as a funding source

US stimulus effect to be felt beyond its shores

The package takes pandemic-related spending in the US to over $6 trillion since the start of the crisis.

Japanese PM Suga to be first foreign leader to visit US under Biden Admin

The trip is expected to take place in the first half of April

Minneapolis to pay $27 million to settle George Floyd family lawsuit

The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd's family over the Black man's death in police custody

H-1B visa: US issues notification to further delay mandatory minimum pay

Proposes to shift the effective date of the rule to May 14

Biden administration imposes new 5G license limits on some Huawei suppliers

The 5G ban is effective as of this week, according to the people, who asked not to be identified to discuss nonpublic communications

America is coming back, says Biden, as he signs off on $1.9-trn stimulus

Biden tells US states to make all adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by May 1

US weekly jobless claims at four-month low; labour market regaining footing

Unadjusted claims dropped 47,170 to 709,458 last week, amid declines in Texas, New York and Mississippi, where claims had been boosted in the prior period by harsh weather

Biden signs $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on US lockdown anniversary

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives gave final congressional approval to the measure on Wednesday, handing the Democratic president a major victory in the early months of his term

With eye on China, 'Quad' nations to tie up in rare earths: Report

The US, Japan, India and Australia will work together to secure rare earth metals that are essential to the production of electric car motors and other products, the report said

US Defence Secretary to travel to India along with Japan, S Korea next week

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit India next week

Why this Fed won't bat an eyelash at Joe Biden's spending blitz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration and congressional Democrats are on the cusp of pumping another nearly $2 trillion into a U.S. economy just starting to show signs of life in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oil slips to $68 as rally fizzles out before US supply report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell to around $68 a barrel on Tuesday in a choppy session, as easing concerns of a supply disruption in Saudi Arabia and U.S. dollar strength countered the prospects for tighter supply due to OPEC+ output curbs.

China adopted assertive military posture to expand influence: US Commander

Admiral Davidson told lawmakers that China has adopted an increasingly assertive military posture to exert pressure and expand its influence across the region