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Blinken spoke to Bogota embassy staff affected by Havana syndrome
BOGOTA (Reuters) - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday met with U.S. embassy staff in Bogota who had been affected by anomalous health incidents - known as Havana syndrome - a ...
Oct 21, 2021
Tri-County COVID Update: Outbreak at long-term care facility could have been worse; pediatric COVID vaccines ordered
PEORIA, Ill. – The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-County region continues to average less than 100 per day, but that’s counting what officials say is an outbreak at a loc...
Oct 21, 2021
Biden town hall will address voters on infrastructure next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will hold a CNN town hall event in Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday to promote his economic plans as Democrats scramble to cement legislation that is at the...
Oct 21, 2021
Factbox: Fed Chair Powell may need to sell millions in bonds under new rules
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell may need to sell as much as $3 million in bonds to comply with new rules issued by the U.S. central bank on Thursday, a review of his financial disclosu...
Oct 21, 2021
Fed ethics office encouraged months-long ‘trading blackout’ by officials last year – memo
(Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials were strongly encouraged to observe a trading blackout for "several months" in the spring of 2020 as the central bank was embarking on a course of extraordin...
Oct 21, 2021
Fed-backed Libor replacement SOFR holds at lower level amid cash deluge, Treasuries volatility
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. secured overnight financing rate (SOFR), the Libor replacement preferred by the Federal Reserve that measures the cost of overnight cash in th...
Oct 21, 2021
Qantas to bring back A380 earlier than planned, may take more 787s
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd said on Friday it would bring back two of its Airbus SE A380s earlier than planned and was in talks with Boeing Co about the delivery of three new 787-9s in stora...
Oct 21, 2021
Walmart allowing some shoppers to buy bitcoin at Coinstar kiosks
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc said on Thursday customers at some of its U.S. stores will be able to purchase bitcoin using ATM-like machines installed by Coinstar. Coinstar, known for its machines that can ...
Oct 21, 2021
Mexico’s Banorte reports 3nd-quarter net profit of $430 million
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Grupo Financiero Banorte on Thursday reported net profit of 8.874 billion pesos ($429.9 million) in the third quarter, down 0.4% from 8.906 billion pesos in the same y...
Oct 21, 2021
Explainer-What are the child tax credits Democrats are battling over?
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration's push to get progressive and moderate Democrats to agree to a deal on trillions of dollars in social spending faces a major stumbling ...
Oct 21, 2021
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