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U.S. Senate Democrats to steer toward temporary debt limit increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday said Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lost his battle to push a debt ceiling increase through the "reconciliation" process, and they now will...
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Mexico’s electricity proposal “negative” for sovereign rating – Moody’s
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican president's proposal to reform the country's electricity sector is "negative" for the sovereign credit rating of Latin America's second-largest economy, Moody's Inv...
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Spirit AeroSystems to mandate vaccines for employees by Dec 8
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aircraft parts manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems said on Wednesday it is mandating COVID-19 vaccines for its 10,500 employees by Dec. 8 in line with an executive order for contrac...
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Factbox: How Fed policymaker investments stack up against each other
(Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve senior officials' private investments are under growing scrutiny following revelations and the subsequent resignations of two regional Fed Bank Presidents for controve...
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Union at Exxon Beaumont, Texas, refinery faces removal vote
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Members of the union representing locked-out workers at Exxon Mobil Corp's Beaumont, Texas, refinery have submitted a petition to force a vote on removing the union, ...
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Rapper Common helps fund music studio at Illinois prison
JOLIET, Ill. – An Illinois prison is launching a new music production program for inmates. Officials with the Department of Corrections and Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet say music is ...
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Twitter to sell mobile ads company MoPub for $1.05 billion
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it has agreed to sell mobile ads company MoPub to AppLovin Corp for $1.05 billion in cash. MoPub, which generated about $188 million in annual revenue for Twit...
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Otis the bear crowned chunk champion in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - One of the ursine elders of Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska is now a four-time champion of chunk. Otis, a brown bear estimated to be 24 to 26 ...
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Bitcoin rises 7.1% to $55,163
(Reuters) - Bitcoin rose 7.11% to $55,162.92 at 20:01 GMT on Wednesday, adding $3,661.73 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 98.9% from the year's ...
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Levi Strauss beat quarterly revenue estimates as people refresh wardrobes
(Reuters) -Levi Strauss & Co on Wednesday beat quarterly revenue estimates, boosted by an uptick in demand for jeans as people resuming their social life spent on a wardrobe refresh. With schools and ...
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