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Bloomberg President Jair Bolsonaro doubled down on his criticism of Brazil’s electronic voting system, presenting a series of conspiracy theories and debunked Internet videos as evidence that elections are vulnerable to cheating. During a nearly two-hour address late on Thursday, the far-right president attacked the electoral authority, which has requested he provide evidence of his repeated claims of voter fraud. ...

Bloomberg The Justice Department directed the Treasury Department to hand over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress, a move that means six years of Trump’s personal and business financial information could become public. “We conclude that the Secretary must comply with the Ways and Means Committee’s June 16, 2021 request” for the tax returns and related tax information, ...

Bloomberg US drug regulators are taking an “all-hands-on-deck approach” to reviewing Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 shot for full approval in an effort to persuade as many as possible to get immunised. The Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) is “identifying additional resources such as personnel and technological resources from across the agency and opportunities to reprioritise other activities, in ...

Bloomberg Yale University is reinstituting a requirement that all individuals wear masks in indoor campus spaces, joining other colleges in efforts to combat the delta variant. Under the policy effective from August 2, masks must be worn regardless of vaccination status, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school said. Exceptions will be made for those working alone in a segregated space, such ...

Bloomberg Citigroup Inc’s chief financial officer said China’s recent moves to crack down on companies isn’t likely to harm the bank’s business across the Asia-Pacific region. While Citigroup has decided to exit retail banking operations in some Asian markets, it will continue to offer services to large corporations in the region through its institutional-clients group, Mark Mason said on a ...

Bloomberg Starbucks Corp reported quarterly results that outpaced estimates on the back of a strong US recovery — but a less optimistic outlook for the key Chinese market weighed on shares in trading. Global same-store sales, an important gauge of restaurant success, rose 73% in the fiscal third quarter ended June 27 compared with the year-earlier period, surpassing projections. US ...

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co said it’s making foldable phones a priority, starting with a major promotional push in the latter half of this year aimed at bringing the premium form factor to a mainstream audience. Discussing its earnings, the South Korean maker of the Galaxy family of mobile devices went further and stronger in its commitment to the foldable category. ...

Bloomberg Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t just want you logging in to his company’s products. He wants you living, working and even exercising inside them. That’s the very high-level idea behind the “metaverse,” a vision for the future of Facebook Inc and the entire internet that Zuckerberg started pushing aggressively in the past week. “In the coming years, I expect people will ...

Bloomberg Rivian Automotive Inc, the electric truck startup backed by Amazon.com Inc and Ford Motor Co, is in talks with the UK government on building its first manufacturing plant outside the US near the English city of Bristol, Sky News reported. The investment would probably include a large state-support package, but the UK faces competition from Germany and the Netherlands ...

Bloomberg Renault SA’s chief declared the automaker is firmly on the comeback trail after a record loss, forecasting stable profitability despite the global chip shortage and rising raw material prices. The carmaker has “abandoned the approach of only looking for sheer growth,” Chief Executive Officer Luca de Meo said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “We are actually back from hell ...