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U.S. agency denies Blue Origin protest over NASA lunar lander contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. agency on Friday rejected a protest by Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc over NASA's decision to pick a single lunar lander provider. The companies challeng...
Jul 30, 2021
Aon’s looking at up to $1.4 billion in costs over scrapped Willis deal
(Reuters) - Insurance broker Aon Plc said on Friday it could have to expend up to $400 million in additional costs tied to the termination of its mega merger deal with Willis Towers Watson, over and a...
Jul 30, 2021
Local health professional talks Simone Biles, mental health
PEORIA, Ill. — Simone Biles, widely regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time, shocked the world earlier this week when she withdrew from the team gymnastics competition. Biles cited her ment...
Jul 30, 2021
Earnings bounce, bond-yield drop help keep party going for U.S. stocks
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rebound in corporate profits and the recent drop in bond yields are helping to moderate U.S. equity valuations, bolstering the case for owning stocks even as ...
Jul 30, 2021
Credit Suisse chairman doubles down with $1 million stock purchase
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio has bought another 1 million Swiss francs ($1.1 million) worth of shares in the group as he tries to restore order to Switzerland's secon...
Jul 30, 2021
Trump urged Justice Dept. to overturn vote results, documents show
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Then President Donald Trump pressured top U.S. Justice Department officials in December to overturn his election defeat, threatening to oust them if they did no...
Jul 30, 2021
Frosts stain Brazil coffee belt, growers see nearly a third of fields hit
By Roberto Samora VARGINHA, BRAZIL (Reuters) - Flying over the coffee region in the south of top Brazilian producer state Minas Gerais, it is possible to see brownish spots stain large parts of the fi...
Jul 30, 2021
Monte dei Paschi capital wiped out in EU banking stress test
By Huw Jones, Valentina Za and Jess Aguado LONDON (Reuters) -All of Monte dei Paschi's capital was wiped out in a European Union stress test of banks on Friday as the Italian lender headed for governm...
Jul 30, 2021
Native Americans ask court to block Lithium Americas Corp Nevada mine
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - Two Native American tribes have formally asked a U.S. federal court to prevent Lithium Americas Corp from excavating its Thacker Pass lithium mine site in Nevada, which ...
Jul 30, 2021
Peru currency hits record low, bonds fall as new cabinet announced
By Tom Arnold, Karin Strohecker and Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Peru's currency tumbled to a record low on its largest daily decline in over seven years after President Pedro Castillo appointed a me...
Jul 30, 2021
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