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More immigrants, paid childcare key to economic growth, White House says
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boosting immigration and public spending on childcare could help cover a large shortfall in the U.S. labor supply that threatens to curtail economic growth in c...
Mar 20, 2023
The canary is alive and chirping a year into Fed’s rate hiking cycle
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Utah homebuilder Ivory Homes still has a pipeline of several hundred houses under construction, but CEO Clark Ivory isn't pulling permits for any more at thi...
Mar 20, 2023
Microsoft’s EU remedies target only cloud streaming rivals, sources says
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's remedies to address European Union antitrust concerns over its $69 billion acquisition of Activision focus only on cloud gaming services, with no ...
Mar 20, 2023
Gas prices increase in Peoria-area
PEORIA, Ill. – Gas prices in the Peoria-area are trickling upward. GasBuddy says the average price of a gallon of unleaded is around $3.62, a 5.6 cent increase from a week ago. The average is 6....
Mar 20, 2023
Four Oath Keeper associates convicted of felonies for roles in US Capitol attack
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four associates of the far-right Oath Keepers group were found guilty on Monday for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, but the Washing...
Mar 20, 2023
Boeing MAX crash relatives back Biden aviation nominee
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of relatives of those killed in a fatal 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash endorsed U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administra...
Mar 20, 2023
Biden vetoes resolution to block labor dept rule on ESG investing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed his first bill, a Republican proposal to prevent pension fund managers from basing investment decisions on factors like climate change....
Mar 20, 2023
Lawmakers advance measure to regulate ride-shares as ‘common carriers’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers are considering a bill that would treat ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft as "common carriers," opening them up to the same level of liab...
Mar 20, 2023
France’s OVH expands into India amid growing cloud adoption
By Olivier Sorgho (Reuters) - French software firm OVHcloud has launched its first data centre in India as it expands in the Asia-Pacific region aiming to capitalise on growing cloud adoption amid hei...
Mar 20, 2023
Nike sales to gain from Adidas-Kanye split, Jordan Retro demand
By Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Granth Vanaik (Reuters) - Nike is expected to report a rise in third-quarter revenue and grow its market share through 2023, helped by major rival Adidas' split with design...
Mar 20, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
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