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Pelosi’s husband dumps Nvidia stock as House eyes chip bill
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband sold his shares of chipmaker Nvidia on Tuesday, days before the House is expected to consider legislation providing subsidies an...
Jul 27, 2022
Pentagon chief gave Pelosi security assessments but won’t comment on Taiwan
By Phil Stewart BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday he had spoken with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and given her a security assessment but any comments about...
Jul 27, 2022
Microsoft says Austrian firm behind spyware targeting law firms, banks
By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) - Security researchers at Microsoft have said an Austrian firm was behind a string of digital intrusions at banks, law firms and strategic consultancies in at least t...
Jul 27, 2022
BioUrja donates Hazmat suits to Peoria Fire
PEORIA, Ill. – A relatively new local employer that just went through a rough patch a couple months ago is still making good on a promise to help the Peoria Fire Department. BioUrja is donating ...
Jul 27, 2022
Majority of U.S. Senate backs bill boosting chipmakers, to compete with China
By David Shepardson and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A majority of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday backed sweeping legislation to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry, hoping to boost...
Jul 27, 2022
Ireland to appoint new commissioners to data privacy regulator
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The Irish government on Wednesday said it will appoint two additional commissioners to Ireland's Data Protection Commission, lead regulator in Europe for tech giants Alphabet Inc's ...
Jul 27, 2022
U.S. finalizes $102.1 million loan to Syrah Resources for Louisiana plant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it had closed a $102.1 million loan to Syrah Technologies LLC for the expansion of a Louisiana facility that produces graphite-based ac...
Jul 27, 2022
Wall Street watchdog ‘not willing’ to send auditors to China, Hong Kong before complete audit deal
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Wednesday that he will not send public accounting inspectors to China or Hong Kong unless W...
Jul 27, 2022
Nigeria’s newly licensed national carrier to lease Airbus, Boeing aircrafts -minister
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's newly licenced national carrier will lease a mix of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, the aviation minister said on Wednesday. Hedi Sirika told reporters in Abuja after the plan ...
Jul 27, 2022
FAA did not properly oversee Southwest Airlines, U.S. watchdog says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) found that the agency failed to conduct proper safety oversight of Southwest Airlines, a federal watchdog said Wedn...
Jul 27, 2022
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