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(Bloomberg) -- UK government bonds rallied as investors honed in on comments from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey that cast doubt over the pace of further interest-rate rises. Traders See Lower Peak BOE Rate as Bailey Says "Nothing Decided" Money markets trimmed bets on the BOE's terminal rate by some 10 basis points to imply around 77 basis points of additional hikes by the end of the year. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey signaled further interest rate increases may be needed to contain inflation, comparing the current situation with the 1970s. Bailey's speech may be his last major remarks ahead of budget that Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is due to present on March 15 and the next BOE rate decision on March 23. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The Senate parliamentarian has blocked Democrats from including a plan to provide legal status to as many as 8 million undocumented immigrants in the package of legislation encompassing President Joe Biden's economic agenda. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will try again with an alternative plan that could allow a way for more undocumented immigrants to achieve legal status. [Extracted from the article]

In making their case to the parliamentarian, Democrats argued unsuccessfully that immigration should qualify for filibuster protection because their proposal has a significant budgetary impact. Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough issued an opinion Sunday that the broad and long-stalled immigration overhaul doesn't qualify for inclusion in a massive tax and spending plan under the Senate rules that Democrats are using to bypass a Republican filibuster. (Bloomberg) -- The Senate parliamentarian has blocked Democrats from including a plan to provide legal status to as many as 8 million undocumented immigrants as part of legislation encompassing President Joe Biden's economic agenda. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden's economic agenda risks getting delayed by weeks or months in Congress with tax, health care and other issues still unresolved and continued squabbling between the Democratic Party's progressive and moderate wings. "Certain Limitations" Pelosi is bracing House Democrats for the prospect that swaths of their bill may not survive in the Senate. In a Monday letter to all House Democrats, Pelosi reminded lawmakers "there are certain limitations in terms of Senate rules.". [Extracted from the article]

AGR, ALLTOP, BUSINESS, CMD, CONS, CONSS, COS, EXE, GEN, GOV, INDUSTRIES, MARKETS, NORTHAM, POL, TOP, US, WORLD, WWTOP, WWTOPAM QZ2NYMDWX2PU (Bloomberg) -- The Biden Administration plans to distribute one-time $600 pandemic relief payments to U.S. meatpacking and farm workers, expanding an agriculture aid program that so far mostly has benefited farm owners to also include a low-income, largely immigrant food-chain workforce that's been hit hard by Covid infections. Keywords: AGR; ALLTOP; BUSINESS; CMD; CONS; CONSS; COS; EXE; GEN; GOV; INDUSTRIES; MARKETS; NORTHAM; POL; TOP; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM EN AGR ALLTOP BUSINESS CMD CONS CONSS COS EXE GEN GOV INDUSTRIES MARKETS NORTHAM POL TOP US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM The Biden Administration plans to distribute one-time $600 pandemic relief payments to U.S. meatpacking and farm workers, expanding an agriculture aid program that so far mostly has benefited farm owners to also include a low-income, largely immigrant food-chain workforce that's been hit hard by Covid infections. [Extracted from the article]

They were joined by Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith, Verizon Communications Inc. CEO Hans Vestberg, General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra, International Business Machines Corp. CEO Arvind Krishna, Visa Inc. CEO Alfred Kelly, Uber Technologies Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Target Corp. CEO Brian Cornell, Salesforce.com Inc. CEO Marc Benioff and others. (Bloomberg) -- More than 90 chief executive officers, including those at Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc., on Thursday urged Congress to pass a law offering a citizenship path to young immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Two U.S. senators from southern border states confronting an influx of migrants said they're introducing legislation designed to alleviate the intense demands on the U.S. immigration system and help nudge forward the stymied debate over immigration law. Sinema and Cornyn said that they will meet with Durbin next week to talk about their new bill. [Extracted from the article]

At a news conference Thursday, Biden rejected the assertion from Republicans, and some Democrats, that his welcoming rhetoric toward migrants is the reason more of them are arriving. Keywords: ALLTOP; BUSINESS; COS; EXE; GEN; GOV; INDUSTRIES; LATAM; LAW; MED; MEX; NORTHAM; POL; TMT; TOP; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM EN ALLTOP BUSINESS COS EXE GEN GOV INDUSTRIES LATAM LAW MED MEX NORTHAM POL TMT TOP US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM Senate Republicans who visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday demanded that the Biden administration restore a Trump-era policy that requires migrants who cross the frontier to go back to Mexico to file for asylum and wait there while their claims are filed. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- A renewed increase in coronavirus cases around the world is presenting challenges from China to Germany. Trump Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Has Virus (8:48 a.m. NY) President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for Covid-19. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- A renewed increase in coronavirus cases around the world is presenting challenges from China to Germany. Trump Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Has Virus (8:48 a.m. NY) President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for Covid-19. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Infections slowed in California, Arizona and Florida, three U.S. states battling outbreaks of the coronavirus. California's New Cases, Deaths Slow (2:30 p.m. NY) California added 6,891 confirmed infections, less than the two-week daily average of 9,316, according to state health data. Trump Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Has Virus (8:48 a.m. NY) President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for Covid-19, according to people familiar with his situation. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Health officials around the world are trying to tackle a renewed increase in cases, with outbreaks from China to Spain and Germany underlining the difficulty of curbing the pandemic. Trump Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Has Virus (8:48 a.m. NY) President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for Covid-19, according to people familiar with his situation. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Health officials around the world are trying to tackle a renewed increase in cases, with outbreaks from China to Spain and Germany underlining the difficulty of curbing the pandemic. Trump Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Has Virus (8:48 a.m. NY) President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for Covid-19, according to people familiar with his situation. [Extracted from the article]

WHO's Emergency Committee to Reconvene (7:12 a.m. NY) World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he will reconvene the body's emergency committee later this week to re-evaluate the pandemic, as required under international health regulations. Sunak has already introduced a one-year business rates holiday for hospitality, retail and leisure firms to help them weather the pandemic, at a cost of about 10 billion pounds ($13 billion), according to a Treasury document. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Health officials around the world are trying to tackle a renewed increase in cases, with outbreaks from China to Spain and Germany underlining the difficulty of curbing the pandemic. WHO's Emergency Committee to Reconvene (7:12 a.m. NY) World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he will reconvene the body's emergency committee later this week to re-evaluate the pandemic, as required under international health regulations. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Health officials around the world are trying to tackle a renewed increase in cases, with outbreaks from China to Spain and Germany underlining the difficulty of curbing the pandemic. U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for Covid-19, according to people familiar with his situation. [Extracted from the article]

German officials are stepping up calls for people to stick to containment efforts after an outbreak among migrant workers at a farm in Bavaria provided the latest warning that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. Germany plans to make testing, rather than self-isolation, mandatory for travelers returning from high-risk areas as Europe's biggest economy seeks to limit the number of infections being brought back from vacation. [Extracted from the article]

German officials are stepping up calls for people to stick to containment efforts after an outbreak among migrant workers at a farm in Bavaria provided the latest warning that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. A higher infection rate during summer makes a renewed spike during the fall more likely, Braun said. [Extracted from the article]

German officials are stepping up calls for people to stick to containment efforts after an outbreak among migrant workers at a farm in Bavaria provided the latest warning that the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. A higher infection rate during summer makes a renewed spike during the fall more likely, Braun said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Concerns grew about a new wave of coronavirus infections, with Beijing shutting its schools in an escalation of measures to halt a fresh outbreak. New York Hospitalizations Hit New Low (12:57 p.m. NY) Virus-related hospitalizations and deaths in New York continue to decline, Governor Andrew Cuomo said. Low-Cost Drug Is First to Improve Survival (8:27 a.m. NY) A low-cost anti-inflammatory drug is the first treatment shown to improve survival in patients with Covid-19, University of Oxford researchers said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- An increasing number of people in Texas and Florida are being admitted to the hospital because of Covid-19, adding to concern that some of the most populous U.S. states are facing a new wave of illness after lifting lockdown orders. DeSantis said hospital capacity remains ample, noting that Covid-19 related hospitalizations in intensive-care units were down 43% from April 15 to 458, as of Monday. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. farmers are speeding up efforts to deploy robots onto their fields as the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit expose a lack of available people needed to pick fruit and vegetables. While fruit and vegetable growers have explored automation in the past, the development of new technologies can be lengthy and comes at a high cost to farmers. [Extracted from the article]

One farm in Tennessee distributed Covid-19 tests to all of its workers after an employee came down with the virus. President Donald Trump has sought to maintain the flow of foreign workers to U.S. farms during the pandemic, waiving interview requirements for some guest workers when consular offices shut down and exempting them from a temporary immigration ban. [Extracted from the article]

One farm in Tennessee distributed Covid-19 tests to all of its workers after an employee came down with the virus. President Donald Trump has sought to maintain the flow of foreign workers to U.S. farms during the pandemic, waiving interview requirements for some guest workers when consular offices shut down and exempting them from a temporary immigration ban. [Extracted from the article]

All of the roughly 200 employees on a produce farm in Tennessee tested positive for Covid-19 this month. President Donald Trump has sought to maintain the flow of foreign workers to U.S. farms during the pandemic, waiving interview requirements for some guest workers when consular offices shut down and exempting them from a temporary immigration ban. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Four GOP senators closely allied with President Donald Trump are urging him to suspend all new guest worker visas for 60 days, and to suspend other types of worker visas including those for advanced skills sought by the technology industry, until unemployment in the U.S. "has returned to normal levels." In their letter, the senators said Trump should go much further by suspending all new guest worker visas for 60 days. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Four GOP senators closely allied with President Donald Trump are urging him to suspend all new guest worker visas for 60 days, and to suspend other types of worker visas including those for advanced skills sought by the technology industry, until unemployment in the U.S. "has returned to normal levels." In their letter, the senators said Trump should go much further by suspending all new guest worker visas for 60 days. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday temporarily curbing the issuing of new green cards for would-be U.S. permanent residents in what he described as a bid to limit competition for jobs as the U.S. takes steps toward reopening the economy. "In order to protect our great American workers I've just signed an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United States", Trump said Wednesday evening at a White House press conference. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- In his three decades growing strawberries and blueberries, Cristobal Picon has learned how to grapple with problems ranging from droughts and driving winds to floods and freezes. But this year, there are fewer than 100, largely locals - and Picon has no clue how he's going to get the harvest in. "You can cushion a bad crop, but when you have 80% of your production ready to be picked and no one to do it, you feel powerless", Picon said. [Extracted from the article]

The real-estate developer bought the NFL team in the 1980s Alex Spanos, whose 1984 purchase of the San Diego Chargers football team culminated a rags-to-billionaire rise in real estate, has died. [Extracted from the article]

The outcry over the Trump administration's approach to illegal immigration has served to highlight the widening partisan gulf between most American farmers and the largely foreign workforce they employ. Both Schlegel and farmworker groups attribute this, at least in part, to the Trump administration's strict enforcement policy. Schlegel said the Farm Bureau doesn't have a position on either bill or the Trump administration's enforcement policies, including on family separation. [Extracted from the article]