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Morning Bid: Crude escalation
By Mike Dolan March 30 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Markets remain unconvinced that a hasty end to the Middle East war is imminen...
Mar 30, 2026
Peoria gas prices unchanged, as national average nears $4 mark
PEORIA, Ill. - The average price of gas in the Peoria/Pekin metro area is holding steady at $4.02 per gallon. Data from GasBuddy and AAA Illinois shows that Peoria's prices are unchanged in the last w...
Mar 30, 2026
Top US food supplier Sysco strikes $29 billion deal for Jetro Restaurant Depot
March 30 (Reuters) - Sysco said on Monday it would buy catering supplier Jetro Restaurant Depot in a $29 billion deal including debt, expanding the top U.S. food distributor's reach among price-consci...
Mar 30, 2026
Analysis-US airlines face fuel-driven financial shakeout
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO, March 30 (Reuters) - When United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby wrote to employees about the oil price surge earlier this month, the most telling line was not about fuel bills...
Mar 30, 2026
Key milestones in NASA's Artemis moon program
March 30 (Reuters) - NASA's Artemis program is the U.S. effort to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era and eventually establish a sustained human presence there, a goa...
Mar 30, 2026
Judge questions Pentagon about new press restrictions
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge sharply questioned the Pentagon on Monday over whether it defied a court order protecting journalists' access, in a closely watched clas...
Mar 30, 2026
In record heat, US ski resorts bulldoze snow, skiers wear bikinis
By Andrew Hay and Maria Tsvetkova TAOS SKI VALLEY, New Mexico, March 30 (Reuters) - The lowest snow levels in decades in the U.S. West and a brutal heat wave have forced ski resorts like Taos Ski Vall...
Mar 30, 2026
Factbox-How NASA's Artemis II moon mission will unfold
March 30 (Reuters) - NASA's Artemis II mission is expected to last about 10 days, sending four astronauts on a high-speed journey around the moon and back in the first crewed lunar mission since the A...
Mar 30, 2026
On the horns of an inflation-growth dilemma, Fed Chair Powell to speak at Harvard
By Dan Burns CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 30 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks on Monday at an introductory macroeconomics class at Harvard University, where his remarks will draw scru...
Mar 30, 2026
Democratic lawmakers seek data on US gun exports linked to cartels, criminal violence
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - Two Democratic members of Congress are pressing the Commerce Department for detailed data on U.S. exports of semi-automatic weapons, citing concerns that...
Mar 30, 2026
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