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Top vote-getters expand leads in PPS Board District 2 election
PEORIA, Ill. – The lead for the top two vote-getters for two seats on the Peoria Public School Board has widened a little. With more vote by mail ballots counted Thursday, incumbent and school b...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022
Major U.S. airlines to allow gender-neutral option on ticket reservations
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Major U.S. airlines have agreed to update computer systems by the end of 2024 to allow travelers to purchase tickets with an "X" gender marker, an airline trade group co...
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Chinese state airlines to buy almost 300 Airbus jets
BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) -China's "Big Three" state airlines pledged on Friday to buy a total of almost 300 Airbus jets, the biggest order by Chinese carriers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Green investors to step up pressure on U.S. utilities after court ruling
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investment leaders who have urged U.S. companies to cut carbon emissions said on Friday they expect more such efforts following a milestone U.S. Supreme Cour...
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Brazil posts trade surplus of $8.8 billion in June
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's trade surplus reached $8.814 in June, official figures showed on Friday, below market expectations. Economists polled by Reuters had projected a $9.994 billion surplus fo...
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FTX signs deal with option to buy BlockFi for up to $240 million
(Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX crypto exchange has signed a deal with an option to buy embattled crypto lender BlockFi for up to $240 million, BlockFi Chief Executive Zac Prince said on Friday. F...
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Gun store break-in nets federal prison time
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to breaking in to a local gun shop will go to federal prison for most of the next five years. The U.S. Attorney’s office ...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022
China’s Great Wall shelves $1 billion India investment plan -sources
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China's Great Wall Motor has shelved plans to invest $1 billion in India and fired all employees of its local unit after failing to obtain regulatory approvals, thr...
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Man gets federal prison sentence for series of robberies, jail escape
PEORIA, Ill. – A Mechanicsburg man who robbed several businesses, ending with one in Elmwood, will go to federal prison for the better part of 12 years for his crimes. The U.S. Attorney’s ...
Will Stevenson Jul 01, 2022
Chile plans to raise copper mining royalties and reform tax system
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile's finance minister, Mario Marcel, on Friday introduced a tax reform bill that increases copper mining royalties on companies that produce more than 50,000 tonnes a year and r...
Syndicated Content Jul 01, 2022
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