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Chevron delays return to office for office workers over Omicron
By Liz Hampton and Gary McWilliams (Reuters) -Chevron on Thursday said it was postponing a scheduled January full return to office for its two largest U.S. work sites as the Omicron variant spreads ac...
Dec 30, 2021
S.Korea Dec inflation at 3.7%, 2021 rate at decade high of 2.5%
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's annual inflation this year outpaced the central bank's current forecasts and soared to a decade-high, proving to policymakers prices are becoming harder ...
Dec 30, 2021
Colorado governor lowers 110-year sentence of truck driver in vehicular homicide case
DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Thursday commuted the 110-year sentence of a truck driver convicted of vehicular homicide, reducing the prison term to 10 years after prosecutors we...
Dec 30, 2021
Wet December stirs some hope for drought-stricken California
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Record snowfalls in the western United States that closed roads and caused flight delays have also brought some good news for drought-hit California on Thursday, with officia...
Dec 30, 2021
U.S. appeals court revives Libor-rigging claims against banks
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived litigation accusing a slew of large banks of conspiring to rig the Libor interest rate benchmark, including during the...
Dec 30, 2021
Sport-Surge in COVID-19 cases hammer North American sport
(Reuters) - The National Basketball Association and National Hockey League were both forced to postpone games on Thursday, as the COVID-19 surge continued to wreak havoc on sport schedules. The Golden...
Dec 30, 2021
AMD’s $35 billion deal for Xilinx now expected to close in 2022
(Reuters) - Chip company Advanced Micro Devices Inc's $35 billion all-stock deal for peer Xilinx is now expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, delayed from a previous target of end-2021, the ...
Dec 30, 2021
Lt. Gov. tests positive for COVID-19
CHICAGO, Ill. – Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton has COVID-19. Stratton said on social media she tested positive, has mild symptoms, and will isolate as she recovers. Stratton ̵...
Dec 30, 2021
Fraternal Order of Police reacts to deaths of two Illinois officers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – “When is it going to stop?” Those are some of the words of the president of the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police after two officers have been killed, and one se...
Dec 30, 2021
How Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense failed to distance her from Epstein
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - During British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's trial on sex abuse charges, her lawyers argued she was a scapegoat for Jeffrey Epstein and attacked the credibility of fo...
Dec 30, 2021
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