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Miami Herald wins Pulitzer for coverage of condominium collapse
(Reuters) -The Miami Herald won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news on Monday for its coverage of the collapse of a high-rise condominium building that killed 98 people, the prize administrator annou...
May 09, 2022
Pekin Marigold Festival to Celebrate 50 Years
PEKIN, Ill. – The “Marigold Capital of the World” will be marking an important anniversary later this year. The Pekin Chamber of Commerce says the annual Pekin Marigold Festival mark...
May 09, 2022
EM economic growth to slow sharply this quarter -JPMorgan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Economic growth in emerging markets is set to slow "sharply" this quarter weighed by China, Russia and the spread of tighter monetary conditions, JPMorgan analysts said on Monday....
May 09, 2022
Egan-Jones backs 4 of Macellum’s dissident board director candidates at Kohl’s
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Egan-Jones recommended that Kohl Corp shareholders elect four of the 10 board nominees nominated by activist investment firm Macellum Ad...
May 09, 2022
American Red Cross workers, including in Peoria, protest treatment
PEORIA, Ill. – Workers across the country representing the American Red Cross — including here in Peoria — say they’re not being treated like the frontline workers that they ar...
May 09, 2022
U.S. trucking downturn puts pressure on independent operators -Uber Freight
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - A continued decline in on-demand trucking prices risks squeezing out tens of thousands of small operator-owned trucking companies that rushed into the market when rates were...
May 09, 2022
Bostic says inflation may cool faster, leaving less for Fed to do
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic on Monday said he expects the U.S. central bank will need to deliver two or three more half-percentage-point interest r...
May 09, 2022
Benettons change name of Atlantia bid vehicle after Genoa backlash
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Benetton family will change the name of the investment vehicle bidding to take control of Italian infrastructure group Atlantia after protests on behalf of the victims of the...
May 09, 2022
Philip Morris in talks to buy smaller rival Swedish Match
(Reuters) -Philip Morris International Inc is in talks to buy rival Swedish Match AB, the companies said on Monday, as the Marlboro maker looks to expand its smoke-free options amid rising global scru...
May 09, 2022
U.S. West Coast port labor talks to begin on Tuesday
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The union representing some 22,000 West Coast port workers will sit down for its first meeting of new contract talks with employers on Tuesday, according to a news release twee...
May 09, 2022
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