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Around half of Japan firms looking to pass on rising commodity costs to customers – Reuters poll
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Hit by a weaker yen, a slim majority of Japanese firms plan to pass on or have passed on climbing commodity costs to customers, a Reuters poll showed - a sign th...
Nov 10, 2021
Foxconn finalizes $50 million stock deal with Lordstown Motors
(Reuters) - Lordstown Motors Corp said on Wednesday that Taiwan's Foxconn has bought stock worth $50 million from the U.S. electric vehicle maker, finalizing an equity investment announced in Septembe...
Nov 10, 2021
Almost no increase in PPS property tax request for 2022
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Public Schools officials are somewhat optimistic about one of their sources of revenue. The district’s Budget Director, Carla Eman, says after a number of years of de...
Nov 10, 2021
U.S. Postal Service warns vaccine rules could affect deliveries
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service raised concerns on Wednesday that the Biden administration's new rules requiring large employers to require vaccinations or weekly CO...
Nov 10, 2021
Federal judge approves $626 million Flint, Michigan water settlement
By Tyler Clifford and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement worth $626 million for victims of the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan, in a case brought by tens...
Nov 10, 2021
Jury orders Bayer to pay $62 million over contaminated U.S. school building
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A U.S. jury on Wednesday ordered Bayer AG to pay $62 million to students and others who say they were exposed to toxic chemicals made by the company's predecessor, Monsan...
Nov 10, 2021
Ex-USC dentistry professor gets six weeks prison in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - A former University of Southern California associate professor of dentistry was sentenced on Wednesday to six weeks in prison for filing a false tax return related t...
Nov 10, 2021
Epic Games chief to speak in S.Korea as Google, Apple face app store challenge
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - The chief executive of "Fortnite" creator Epic Games and other vocal critics of Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google plan to speak in South Korea, where the two American t...
Nov 10, 2021
Police Chief wants to talk with local youth
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria wants to try something to try and stem the tide of violence in the city — especially as it relates to violence involving young people. Ec...
Nov 10, 2021
Biden says CEOs tell him shelves will be full for holidays
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the chief executives of major U.S. retailers had assured him that store shelves would be stocked in time for the holidays. Speaking at ...
Nov 10, 2021
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