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    The Canadian Press

    The Senate passes a reauthorization of a key US surveillance program just after a midnight deadline

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely missing its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse. The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law. Whit

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    Bloomberg

    Mexico Likely to Hit Pause on Rate Cuts in May, Heath Says

    (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s central bank may vote unanimously to hold borrowing costs at 11% at its next meeting in May, a deputy governor said.Most Read from BloombergTraders Are Cashing Out of Markets En MasseNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemElon Wants His Money BackXi Orders China’s Biggest Military Reorganization Since 2015Giuliani’s Son, Former Aide Hit With Subpoenas in Asset SearchBanco de Mexico views its March rate cut as a first adjustment instead of

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    Yahoo Finance

    How Jay Powell and the Fed pivoted back to higher for longer

    Fed Chair Jay Powell and other Fed officials struck a more hawkish stance this past week, setting off a new debate across Wall Street about how the rest of 2024 could play out.

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    Bloomberg

    Mexico’s Sheinbaum Wants Debt-Laden State Oil Giant to Go Green

    (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s leading presidential candidate wants to revitalize the nation’s troubled state oil company with a new focus on clean energy. But first, Claudia Sheinbaum knows she has to fix Petroleos Mexicanos’ $106 billion debt problem.Most Read from BloombergTraders Are Cashing Out of Markets En MasseNew York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to ThemElon Wants His Money BackXi Orders China’s Biggest Military Reorganization Since 2015Giuliani’s Son, Former Aide H