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Gordon Lightfoot’s coming back to Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. — He’s known for songs like “If You Could Read My Mind,” “The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald”, “Sundown” and “Carefree Highway”...
Apr 18, 2022
World Bank says war to cut global growth, boosts financing target
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank is reducing its global growth forecast for 2022 by nearly a full percentage point, to 3.2% from 4.1%, due to the impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, World ...
Apr 18, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court snubs challenge to state and local tax cap
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by four Democratic-leaning states to lift a cap on federal deductions for state and local taxes put in place as part of a 20...
Apr 18, 2022
Verizon raises minimum wage to $20 an hour for U.S employees
(Reuters) - U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Communications Inc said on Monday it would raise the minimum wage of its new and existing customer service, retail and inside sales employees to $20 an hour a...
Apr 18, 2022
Shanghai market regulator summons 12 e-commerce platforms on topics including price gouging
(Corrects company RICs) BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai's market regulator said on Monday it had summoned 12 e-commerce platforms including Meituan and eleme.me over topics including price gouging during...
Apr 18, 2022
IMF expects ‘significant’ pledges for new RST trust during spring meetings – official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund expects to members to make "significant" pledges of support for its newly approved Resilience and Sustainability Trust during the IMF-World Bank ...
Apr 18, 2022
J&J settles with West Virginia on opioid litigation for $99 million
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had agreed to pay $99 million to settle opioid-related claims by the state of West Virginia and its subdivisions. The settlement remov...
Apr 18, 2022
Mexican union calls for U.S. probe into alleged labor abuses at Panasonic plant
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican union said on Monday it will ask the U.S. government to investigate a Panasonic plant for alleged worker rights abuses, the latest in a series o...
Apr 18, 2022
U.S. equity funds post biggest weekly outflow in four months
(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds faced heavy outflows in the week to April 13, as investors were spooked by rising yields and fears that the impending monetary tightening from the Federal Reserve would s...
Apr 18, 2022
China to step up financial support for industries hit by COVID outbreaks
BEIJING (Reuters) -China will step up financial support for industries, firms and people affected by COVID-19 outbreaks, the central bank said on Monday, as part of steps to cushion economic slowdown....
Apr 18, 2022
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