LONDON (Reuters) -Three Black bankers, who sued Barclays ( JJCTF ) for a combined 52.8 million pounds ($66.7 million) in London over allegations that included race discrimination, harassment, victimisation and whistleblower detriment, have largely lost their case. In a near 460-page judgment published on Wednesday, the East London Employment Tribunal dismissed almost all claims brought by former Vice President (VP)...

AIR FORCE ONE, March 13 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden wants the U.S. Senate to take swift action on legislation already passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app, or face a ban, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Wednesday....

President Joe Biden is reportedly poised to express significant apprehension regarding Nippon Steel Corporation’s (OTC:NPSCY) proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel Corporation , potentially jeopardizing the deal and straining relations with Japan.  Sources familiar with the matter reveal that Biden will release a statement addressing the Japanese conglomerate’s $14.9 billion bid for the Pennsylvania-based steel giant ahead of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s scheduled visit to Washington on April 18. ...

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Contracts have been awarded for the acquisition of 3.25 million barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday. ExxonMobil ( XOM ) has a contract for 1.05 million barrels, Macquarie Commodities Trading for 1.2 million barrels and Sunoco ( SUN ) for 1 million barrels, the department said....