Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to spare firms such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft from upcoming tariffs on chips as they build AI data centers, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The carve-outs would be provided by the Commerce Department and tied to investment commitments made by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the report added.
... (continue reading...)SINGAPORE, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Singapore's economy grew 6.9% in the fourth quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday, higher than an official advance estimate of 5.7%.
On a quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted basis, gross domestic product expanded 2.1% in the October-December period, also higher than an advance estimate of 1.9% growth.
Full-year growth for 2025 came in at 5.0%, compared to a preliminary... (continue reading...)
By Nate Raymond
BOSTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration's efforts to deport Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested last year as part of its targeting of pro-Palestinian campus activists, her lawyers said on Monday.
Lawyers for the Turkish student detailed the immigration judge's decision in a filing with the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which had... (continue reading...)
Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Teamsters Union said on Monday it had sued United Parcel Service, alleging the delivery giant's fresh buyout packages for drivers violated their national contract.
The two agreed to a contract deal covering 340,000 Teamsters-represented workers in 2023. The deal averted a strike at UPS, which has more Teamsters-represented employees than any other U.S. company.
In January, UPS said it would cut up to 30,000 jobs... (continue reading...)
By Blake Brittain
Feb 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court in California on Monday temporarily lifted a federal judge's order that had blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for nearly 89,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua.
The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals said the government could likely prove there were "legitimate" reasons to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from those countries and... (continue reading...)
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