Decision
The chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace commends the Biden administration for its decision to remove Cuba from the United States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism. By Christopher Wells Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, the chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace, […]
Tokyo/Hong Kong CNN — Nippon Steel, whose multibillion-dollar proposal to buy struggling US Steel was blocked by President Joe Biden last week, says it is considering taking legal action against the US government. “We are considering this as an important option,” Tadashi Imai, president of Nippon Steel, told reporters on Monday in televised remarks confirmed […]
WASHINGTON — By blocking a Japanese company’s takeover of U.S. Steel, President Joe Biden said he was protecting good jobs in the American heartland. He may be putting them at risk instead. In making its nearly $15 billion bid for the storied Pittsburgh-based steelmaker, Nippon Steel had promised to invest $2.7 billion in U.S. Steel’s […]
United Steelworkers President David McCall declared Friday that U.S. Steel had the financial resources to go it alone. ”It can easily remain a strong and resilient company,” he told reporters. But U.S. Steel has said it needs the cash from Nippon Steel to keep investing in blast furnaces like the ones in Pennsylvania and Indiana. […]
President Biden is likely to announce a decision as soon as Friday on whether he will approve Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, according to people familiar with the process. The president has said in the past he opposed the deal, saying it was vital for U.S. Steel “to remain an American steel […]
Committee on Foreign Investment in the US fails to agree on national security risks of proposed takeover of US Steel. A decision on whether to allow Nippon Steel’s proposed takeover of US Steel has fallen to United States President Joe Biden after a government panel failed to agree on possible national security risks. The failure […]
The first assessments of these US black mass payable indicators will be published at 4:00-5:00pm EST on that date. The consultation period began on Monday June 24. The original notice for that process can be found here. Following market feedback gathered as part of the consultation process, Fastmarkets has decided to amend the specifications of the […]
In its May 2023 decision Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Supreme Court all but gutted the nation’s Clean Water Act of 1972, only maintaining protections for large waterways and opening inland wetlands for development. An estimated 7 million to 36 million hectares (17 million to 90 million acres) of nontidal wetlands may have […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Ukraine has fired U.S.-made longer-range weapons inside its territory, days after the U.S. said it would allow Kyiv to use those systems to conduct deeper strikes, a long-sought request by Kyiv. It remained unclear if there are limits on Ukraine’s use of the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, […]
Local residents walk past destroyed houses in the city, approximately 10 km from the frontline, on November 16, 2024 in Pokrovsk, Ukraine. Libkos | Getty Images The Kremlin has lashed back against a White House decision to now allow Ukraine to use U.S.-made long-range weapons for limited strikes inside Russian territory. The decision, reported by […]