Category Archives:
Exxon pauses European plastic recycling plans over draft EU rules
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -ExxonMobil is pausing 100 million euros ($118.4 million) of investment in European plastic recycling because of draft EU rules that determine the recycled cont...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025
Brazil central bank keeps rates steady, still signals extended hold
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's central bank on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged for the second straight policy meeting and reiterated that borrowing costs would stay steady for a "very prolonged ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025
Fed's Powell explains how central bank moderate rates mandate works
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday explained why the three missions Congress imposed on the central bank add up to two in real-world conditions. Powell, sp...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025
U.S. state visit yields record 150 billion pounds of investment, UK says
LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to Britain has generated 150 billion pounds ($204.87 billion) of inward investment, the British government said on Wednesday citing its own ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025
Holiday season imports have arrived early at busiest US port, executive says
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. retailers have wrapped up imports of holiday goods at least a month early in a bid to limit costs tied to President Donald Trump's evolving tariff policie...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025
Trump's DEI crackdown further strains US supply of aircraft mechanics, industry officials say
By Allison Lampert (Reuters) -Plans to combat a U.S. shortage of aircraft mechanics are in limbo after funds aimed at training a mostly male workforce are being held up by government efforts to remove...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025
Pentagon to get first official briefing on Golden Dome missile shield architecture
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon official overseeing President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense effort, Steve Feinberg, was on Wednesday set to receive his first official bri...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025
Big US banks lower prime lending rates after Fed rate cut
By Ateev Bhandari (Reuters) - Major U.S. lenders lowered a key interest rate on Wednesday, providing U.S. consumers a reprieve on borrowing costs, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025
Trading Day: Fed cuts, markets not sure where to look
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -TRADING DAY Making sense of the forces driving global markets By Jamie McGeever, Markets Columnist U.S. markets gyrated sharply on Wednesday after the Fed...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025
Tesla redesigning door handles that drew scrutiny over safety, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - Tesla is looking to combine the electronic and manual door-release mechanisms, which are currently in separate locations, the company's longtime design chief, Franz von Holzhausen, said on...
Thomson Reuters Sep 17, 2025

Peoria, IL, USA
74 °F Partly cloudy