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Turkey Halts All Trade With Israel: Officials - Bloomberg
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chair of the House Oversight Committee said on Wednesday he is investigating the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) work with the European Commission in the collapse of Amazon.com's plan to acquire iRobot Corp in a $1.4 billion deal.
Amazon and robot vacuum maker iRobot in January dropped their plans to tie-up in the face of opposition from European and U.S. antitrust regulators.
... (continue reading...)U.S. House Committee Probes FTC Interactions with European Commission to Block Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Deal to Buy iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) - Reuters
By Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday issued hundreds of fresh sanctions targeting Russia over the war in Ukraine in action that took aim at Moscow's circumvention of Western measures, including through China.
The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on nearly 200 targets and the State Department designated more than 80 in one of the most wide-ranging actions against Chinese companies so far in... (continue reading...)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved on Tuesday legislation to bar imports of Russian uranium, as the United States continues to seek to disrupt Russia's efforts in its war against Ukraine.
The Senate passed the measure by unanimous consent, meaning that no senators objected to it. The House of Representatives passed the bill in December.
Uranium is used to power commercial nuclear reactors that produce electricity.
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