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4/4 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Elf Bar vapes, made by China manufacturer Heaven Gifts, are pictured on a wall of flavored e-cigarettes in a store in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Arriana Mclymore//File Photo 2/4 LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged governments to treat e-cigarettes similarly to tobacco and ban all flavours, threatening cigarette companies’ bets on smoking alternatives. Some researchers, campaigners and governments see e-cigarettes, or vapes, as a key tool in reducing the death and disease caused by smoking. But the U.N. agency said “urgent measures” were needed to control them.…

Argentum (OTCPK:AGSVF) announces the appointment of Marco Guidi as CFO, to succeed CFO James Fairbairn, will retire effective immediately. Marco has experience working with both traded mining and technology firms as well, as privately owned and entrepreneurial companies. In 2010 Marco made a shift away from accounting. Has since held positions as Chief Financial Officer, Controller and Accountant, for several publicly traded entities.

President Biden and Democrats on Capitol Hill are seriously considering Republican demands for deeply restrictive immigration policies in exchange for billions of dollars in aid for Ukraine, a move that activists say would devastate America’s obligations to welcome desperate migrants fleeing war and oppression.Mr. Biden has said he is willing to make “significant compromises” on border security to satisfy Republicans, who will not support any more aid for Ukraine without a new crackdown on immigration.Republicans last week blocked a $111 billion emergency spending bill, which includes about $50 billion in security assistance to Ukraine, and made a counteroffer that amounted…

House Republicans voted for a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.The vote itself will change very little if anything about the status quo.It does mean that House Republicans are inching closer to impeaching Biden next year. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app House Republicans voted Wednesday evening to move forward with their impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden.The vote made clear that as lawmakers prepare to leave Washington after a chaotic year, impeachment will be ever present as Republicans begin to…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Thames Water has appointed Chris Weston, former head of power supplier Aggreko, as its chief executive, as the UK’s biggest water utility faces scrutiny over its financial health.Weston was previously at Centrica, where he was managing director of international downstream and served on the board and executive committee. A former member of the army, he holds a doctorate and masters in business administration from Imperial College London. He replaces Cathryn Ross and Alastair Cochran, who had been interim co-CEOs.Thames launched a three-year…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People look for presents at the Macy’s flagship store during the holiday season in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo 2/2 By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -Early holiday shopping season discounts from high-end fashion retailers like Bergdorf Goodman on New York’s Fifth Avenue raised concern that a lacklustre Christmas could lead to inventory gluts – potentially dragging labels into a discounting spiral that would cheapen their image. The latest U.S. credit card data from Barclays released on Wednesday showed that spending on luxury goods remained negative in November, down 15% year-on-year…

2/2 © Reuters. Traders are pictured at their desks in front of the German share price index DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange on December 23, 2014. REUTERS/Remote/Pawel Kopczynski/file photo 2/2 By Sinead Cruise, Huw Jones and Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – Top stock exchange operators in Europe are under pressure from some investors and brokers to trim and simplify their fees to build a deeper capital market that challenges Wall Street’s allure to new company listings. The European Union has long sought to make its fragmented capital markets more efficient, with Britain also trying to find new ways…

© Reuters. Investing.com– Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Thursday, extending a rebound from over five-month lows as traders welcomed dovish signals from the Federal Reserve, while signs of a large draw in U.S. inventories also helped. A weaker was a key point of support for oil after the Fed and will likely begin cutting them in 2024. The dollar sank to an over two-week low, aiding the prices of all commodities priced in the greenback. The prospect of lower interest rates bodes well for the U.S. economy, and helped ease concerns that cooling growth will eat into oil…

TMX Group (TSX:X:CA) will acquire the remaining ~78% of VettaFi Holdings, a leading US-based, indexing, digital distribution, analytics and thought leadership company, for $848M This brings the total amount to be paid for full ownership to $1.03B which includes the strategic investments TMX Group made in VettaFi in H1 2023 for ~22% of the common units. The deal accelerates long-term growth strategy as well as financial and transformational objectives. The transaction is expected to be financed with committed bank debt up to $1B. The transaction is expected to close in January 2024. More on TMX Group Limited

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy appeared in Des Moines, Iowa for a CNN town hall on Wednesday night and not only addressed a broad range of topics but also repeatedly clashed with CNN anchor Abby Phillip. Ramaswamy battles CNN’s Abby Phillip over Jan. 6The most contentious moment of the hour-long town hall was when Phillip attempted to grill Ramaswamy over his recent comment referring to Jan. 6 as an “inside job.”As Ramaswamy accused the government of systemically lying in recent years and claimed that federal agents were within the crowd on Jan. 6, he mocked Phillip’s interruptions as proof that “the…