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BHP cuts copper output outlook over Chile protests, environmental concerns
(Reuters) - BHP Group Ltd cut its annual copper production outlook on Thursday as operations at its Escondida project in Chile took a hit over protests by workers and environmental activists, as well ...
Apr 20, 2022
New Zealand first-quarter inflation rate rises to 30-year high
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's annual consumer price index (CPI) hit a three-decade high in the first quarter, underlining the central bank's hawkish stance to contain price pres...
Apr 20, 2022
Proxy advisory firms urge Ventas investors to reject activist’s bid for board seat
BOSTON (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firms Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholders Services urged investors in healthcare real estate trust Ventas Inc to back management's director candidates and reje...
Apr 20, 2022
No injuries and three dogs rescued after kitchen fire in Dunlap
PEORIA, Ill. — Three dogs are rescued but a north Peoria home is badly damaged following a kitchen fire this (Wednesday) afternoon. Peoria Firefighters say around 3:30 p.m. they were called out ...
Apr 20, 2022
Mexico’s America Movil to increase share buyback fund by 26 billion pesos
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican telecoms giant America Movil said on Wednesday its shareholders approved a 26 billion peso ($1.3 billion) increase to its share buyback program fund. The company, contr...
Apr 20, 2022
Biden will pick Gary Restaino as interim director of ATF
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will pick Arizona's top prosecutor, Gary Restaino as the interim director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives until a permanent leader...
Apr 20, 2022
Mississippi violated U.S. Constitution with unsafe prison conditions, DOJ says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A two-year federal probe into the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Farm has found that unsafe state prison conditions - including solitary confinemen...
Apr 20, 2022
Elon Musk scores hat trick of Tesla compensation goals worth $23 billion
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - With Tesla's strong quarterly report on Wednesday, Chief Executive Elon Musk has scored a hat trick of performance goals worth a combined $23 billion in new compensation....
Apr 20, 2022
UK car insurance premiums in first quarter hit highest since 2020 – survey
(Reuters) - The cost of a comprehensive car insurance policy in Britain touched an 18-month high in the first quarter and will continue to increase on the back of rising inflation and regulatory chang...
Apr 20, 2022
Plane, parachutists at baseball game spark security scare at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A military aircraft dropping parachutists into a Washington baseball game sparked a security alarm at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and prompted the evacuation of the seat of the...
Apr 20, 2022
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