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U.S. senator drops opposition to vote on Biden choice for top China post
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Tom Cotton has removed his hold on President Joe Biden's nominee for a key post in the U.S.-China tech battle, after the...
Nov 02, 2021
Amazon drivers get $60 million in withheld tips back, FTC says
(Reuters) - More than 140,000 drivers are getting $60 million in tips that were illegally withheld by Amazon between 2016 and 2019, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. Earlier this year, the...
Nov 02, 2021
U.S. seizes more than one ton of cocaine in biggest NY-area bust in a decade
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials seized more than one ton of cocaine allegedly shipped to the New York area from Puerto Rico, the largest bust of the drug in the region...
Nov 02, 2021
Facebook will shut down facial recognition system
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc announced on Tuesday it is shutting down its facial recognition system which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing societal concerns about the us...
Nov 02, 2021
Italy seeks ‘long’ extension to Monte dei Paschi deadline
By Giuseppe Fonte and Valentina Za ROME (Reuters) - The extension of the deadline to return Italy's Monte dei Paschi (MPS) to private hands will be "sufficiently long" to ensure the bank can relaunch ...
Nov 02, 2021
PACVB busy promoting the Peoria area’s best assets
PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria area has so much to offer its visitors. JD Dalfanso, President and CEO of the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, says he’s seeing a trend of more people ...
Nov 02, 2021
Facebook working on ways to protect users in the ‘metaverse’ -senior exec Clegg
By Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's head of global affairs, Nick Clegg, said the company was working on ways to protect users in the metaverse, speaking in an interview with Reuters on Tu...
Nov 02, 2021
Investors look to U.S. inflation measures, eye bond gyrations as taper looms
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are watching everything from bond volatility to inflation measures as they try to gauge how an expected unwind of the U.S. Federal Reserve's easy mo...
Nov 02, 2021
Analysis-With Fed taper expected, investors brace for rate hikes on horizon
By Karen Pierog and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed (Reuters) - As the U.S. Federal Reserve gears up to taper its huge asset purchases, investors reeling from gyrations in the bond market are scanning the road ahea...
Nov 02, 2021
U.S. rental vacancy rate tightens in third quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. residential rental vacancy rate dropped further in the third quarter as the economy continued to normalize after severe disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, pot...
Nov 02, 2021
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