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Understaffed U.S. transit agencies adjust services as Omicron surges
By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK (Reuters) - Transportation agencies across the U.S. are suspending or reducing service due to COVID-19 staff shortages as the Omicron variant surges nationwide. New York's Me...
Dec 30, 2021
Oil heads for biggest yearly gains since 2009
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell 1% on Friday but were set to post their biggest annual gains in 12 years, spurred by the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 slump and produ...
Dec 30, 2021
JPMorgan, Citi staff to start 2022 with remote work
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has offered its staff the option of working from home for the first two weeks of 2022, with a caveat that all employees are expected to return to office no later than F...
Dec 30, 2021
Rose Parade’s floats come to life in California after pandemic pause
By Sandra Stojanovic PASADENA, Calif. (Reuters) - Inside a massive barn in Pasadena, California, hundreds of volunteers are meticulously painting, gluing, snipping and arranging thousands of flowers f...
Dec 30, 2021
China Dec factory activity unexpectedly accelerates – official PMI
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's December factory activity unexpectedly accelerated despite disruptions from COVID outbreaks and as the economy loses momentum in the fourth quarter, according to an officia...
Dec 30, 2021
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
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