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Nigeria’s Atiku joins calls to extend deadline on old banknotes
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar urged the central bank on Saturday to extend a Jan. 31 deadline to phase out old high-value banknotes, a measure many Nigeri...
Jan 28, 2023
FTX founder Bankman-Fried objects to tighter bail, says prosecutors ‘sandbagged’ him
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried on Saturday urged a U.S. judge not to ban the indicted FTX cryptocurrency executive from communicating with former colleagues as ...
Jan 28, 2023
Carvana admits wrongdoing in settlement with Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – New Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias says online car retailer Carvana admitted wrongdoing in reaching a settlement with the state. Back last May, after a year-lo...
Jan 28, 2023
Labour representative says Ford yet to make proposal on feared cutbacks in Germany
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ford executives have offered to hold talks with labour representatives over planned structural changes at the U.S. carmaker's Cologne plant and other German sites but no concrete...
Jan 28, 2023
‘Omnibus’ health care bill passed amid criticisms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - A law recently signed by Gov. JB Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial ...
Jan 28, 2023
China aims to boost consumption and imports as global demand cools
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's cabinet said on Saturday it would promote a consumption recovery as the major driver of the economy and boost imports, state broadcaster CCTV reported, at a time of cooling...
Jan 28, 2023
Sri Lanka economy could shrink by -3.5% to -4%, president says
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's economy could contract by -3.5 or -4.0% in 2023 after shrinking -11% last year, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday. "From 2024, we will take this economy t...
Jan 28, 2023
COVID continues decline in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The situation surrounding COVID-19 in Illinois continues to improve. That’s according to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Officials there ...
Jan 28, 2023
Iberia flights disrupted by IT problem
MADRID (Reuters) - Dozens of international and domestic flights operated by Spanish flag-carrier Iberia were disrupted on Saturday by a problem in the company's booking and boarding system, the airlin...
Jan 28, 2023
Trump heads to New Hampshire, South Carolina in bid to jump-start campaign
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will swing through New Hampshire and South Carolina on Saturday in the first two stops of a presidential campaign that has la...
Jan 28, 2023
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