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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...
Jul 01, 2022
Boeing disappointed after China’s top three airlines buy 300 Airbus planes
(Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Friday "it is disappointing that geopolitical differences continue to constrain U.S. aircraft exports" while responding to China's three biggest state-owned airlines buyi...
Jul 01, 2022
Biden: Not enough Senate votes to change filibuster for abortion rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden told a group of Democratic U.S. governors on Friday there were not enough votes in the Senate to scrap the filibuster to protect abortion rights after the Sup...
Jul 01, 2022
Abortion drug maker says Mississippi can’t ban pill despite Supreme Court ruling
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -The maker of a drug used in medication abortions has told a federal judge that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling eliminating the nationwide right to abortion does no...
Jul 01, 2022
Explainer-How the conservative Supreme Court is reshaping U.S. law
By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's most consequential term in decades, with blockbuster rulings on abortion, guns, religion and climate change policy, ...
Jul 01, 2022
New York may ban concealed guns in many places, including Times Square
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York lawmakers began voting on Friday on revamped gun laws that would ban guns from a long list of "sensitive places," including Times Square, after the U.S....
Jul 01, 2022
Park District Police offer boater safety tips for 4th of July weekend
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria/East Peoria riverfront and Illinois River are expected to be full of boats this holiday weekend. Fon du Lac Park District Police Chief Mike Johnson said it’s...
Jul 01, 2022
Crypto exchange Coinbase looks to expand footprint in Europe
(Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc said on Friday it was looking to expand in some European markets, even as the digital asset market continues to experience a downturn. The compa...
Jul 01, 2022
Top stablecoin Tether slashes commercial paper holdings amid crypto gloom
(Reuters) - Tether, the world's largest stablecoin, said on Friday it had cut its commercial paper holdings by around 58% as part of an earlier commitment to reduce its exposure to riskier assets. Sta...
Jul 01, 2022
U.S. abortion ruling ignites retail interest in women contraceptive makers – Vanda
By Mrinalika Roy and Medha Singh (Reuters) - Retail investors have flocked to small biotech firms that make women contraceptives after the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturned the Roe v. Wade rulin...
Jul 01, 2022
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