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Oil refiners offer union workers 9% pay raise over three years -sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. oil refiners have offered union oil and chemical workers a 9% pay raise over three years, according to people familiar with the matter, as talk on a new labor contract near a ...
Jan 31, 2022
U.S. federal prisons locked down after deadly gang fight
(Reuters) - All federal prisons in the United States were locked down on Tuesday after a deadly gang brawl involving several inmates at a penitentiary in Texas. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) wrote in an...
Jan 31, 2022
U.S. FTC to review Microsoft deal for Activision – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - An antitrust review of Microsoft Corp's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc will be handled by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Bloomberg News reported late on Monday, ...
Jan 31, 2022
Science podcaster calls Spotify’s support of Joe Rogan a ‘slap in the face’
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - The executive producer and host of Gimlet Media's Science Vs podcast said she would devote her fact-checking show exclusively to contradicting misinformation on other p...
Jan 31, 2022
Australia’s Boral to return A$3 billion to shareholders, shares rise
(Reuters) - Building material maker Boral Ltd will return A$3 billion ($2.12 billion) to its shareholders using mostly proceeds from the sale of several North American businesses that helped it refocu...
Jan 31, 2022
Australia’s central bank ends bond buying, in no rush to hike rates
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank kept its cash rate at a record low of 0.1% on Tuesday and ended its A$275 billion ($194.40 billion) bond buying campaign as expected, but push...
Jan 31, 2022
Brazilian tech firm says buys financial app company Mobile2you
(Reuters) - Brazilian tech firm Totvs said on Monday its Dimensa SA unit had bought financial app developer Mobile2you for 26.9 million reais ($5.07 million). Totvus said in a securities filing that t...
Jan 31, 2022
Oil edges higher on tight supply and post-pandemic recovery
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, trading near seven-year highs hit last week, as investors bet supplies will stay tight, with a limited production hike by major o...
Jan 31, 2022
Dollar idles after tumble from 19-month peak; Aussie firm before RBA
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar nursed its wounds on Tuesday following its biggest drop in nearly three weeks against major peers, as Federal Reserve policymakers allayed investor ...
Jan 31, 2022
U.S. orders family members of government employees in Belarus to leave
(Reuters) - The United States on Monday ordered the family members of its government employees in Belarus to leave the country as it warned against travel there amid tensions between Washington and Ru...
Jan 31, 2022
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