(This Feb. 28 story and headline have been corrected to show the final votes ahead of the Fed meeting)

The boards of directors of the Atlanta and Dallas Federal Reserve Banks voted in mid-January to keep unchanged the rate charged to commercial banks for emergency loans, minutes of their discount rate meetings showed on Tuesday.

(Reuters) -Construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc said on Wednesday it reached a tentative six-year labor agreement with a union that represents workers at its four facilities, possibly fending off a strike.

Uber's Middle Eastern business Careem will cease operations in Qatar on Tuesday, the company announced in a message sent to customers in the Gulf Arab state on Monday.

A union representing workers at four Caterpillar Inc facilities said on Wednesday it reached a tentative agreement with the world's largest construction equipment maker over wage increases and other issues, possibly averting a strike.

Armed with billions of dollars, the Biden administration is embarking on the biggest transformation of the U.S. consumer driving landscape in generations, hoping to blanket the nation's highways with electric vehicle chargers.