(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Nasdaq could not impose rules designed to increase diversity in corporate America by requiring companies listed on the exchange to have women and minority directors on their boards or explain why they do not. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a 9-8 vote sided with two conservative...

SAO PAULO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A farmers' lobby in Brazil is seeking to end a two-decade-long agreement that forbids grain traders from buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, claiming the deal has created an uneven playing field. Soybean farmer lobby Aprosoja-MT based in western Mato Grosso state said on Wednesday that the agreement fostered...

NEW YORK, Dec 11 (Reuters) - In the days since Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for gunning down a top health insurance executive, more than a thousand donations have poured into an online fundraiser for his legal defense, with messages supporting him and even celebrating the crime. In New York, Wanted posters with the faces of CEOs have appeared...

(Reuters) - Some Canadian premiers are urging Ottawa to respond robustly to the threat of tariffs from incoming U.S. President Donald Trump and have highlighted critical minerals and metals as products that the U.S. relies on, Canada's Finance Minister said on Wednesday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other government ministers met with provincial premiers to discuss Trump's pledge to...