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Dry spell, Harmattan winds hit Ivory Coast cocoa regions
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Most of Ivory Coast's cocoa growing regions saw no rainfall last week while the seasonal dry Harmattan wind began to blow, farmers said on Monday. The world's top cocoa producer is...
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Powerball jackpot now over $500 million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – $543 million may just solve any Christmas debt you might have been accumulating. That’s the jackpot Monday night in the multi-state Powerball lottery drawing. The jackp...
Will Stevenson Dec 18, 2023
EU countries back law to curb packaging waste
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries on Monday backed a new EU law to cut packaging waste, but agreed to seek exemptions for certain sectors. The European Commission proposed the law last yea...
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Fed’s Goolsbee says he has been ‘confused’ by market reaction
(Reuters) - The swift rise in financial market bets that the Federal Reserve will cut rates soon and quickly following comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell last week has been at odds with how the rate-...
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Software firm Alteryx to be taken private in $4.4 billion deal
(Reuters) - Alteryx said on Monday it had agreed to be acquired by private-equity firms Clearlake Capital Group and Insight Partners, in a deal valued at $4.4 billion including debt. Alteryx stockhold...
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HawkEye 360 acquires Maxar’s radio-scanning satellite business
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Signals analytics firm HawkEye360 said Monday it acquired Maxar's radio frequency business unit that was formed less than a year ago, adding more spectrum-scann...
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Adobe, Figma to terminate $20 billion deal over regulatory hurdles
(Reuters) -Adobe on Monday shelved its $20 billion cash-and-stock deal for cloud-based designer platform Figma, pointing to "no clear path" for approvals from antitrust regulators in the European Unio...
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BofA sees four rate cuts from Fed next year
(Reuters) - BofA Global Research said on Monday that it expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to deliver four 25-basis point (bps) rate cuts next year, starting in March. The brokerage raised its quantum o...
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Earthquake reported in Southern Illinois
WALTONVILLE, Ill. – There are no reports of damage after another earthquake in southern Illinois. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 3.1 quake was reported just after 10:00 p.m. Sunda...
Will Stevenson Dec 18, 2023
Vans owner VF Corp’s order fulfillment operations hit by cyber incident
(Reuters) - VF Corp said on Monday it was investigating "unauthorized" activity on its computer systems that disrupted some operations, including the ability of the Vans sneaker maker to fulfill globa...
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