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IMF agrees $293 million financing for Barbados, first deal under new trust fund
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that its staff has agreed on some $293 million in new financing for Barbados, including $183 million via a new trust fund creat...
Sep 28, 2022
Pekin native sticks with Florida during Hurricane Ian
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A woman who still owns a home in Pekin but is currently in Florida, is experiencing her first hurricane as Ian barrels through. Angie Bennett spends most of her time in Clear...
Sep 28, 2022
Smith & Wesson marketed to ‘would-be mass shooters,’ Highland Park victims claim
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Survivors of a mass shooting in July that killed six people and injured dozens in a Chicago suburb sued gunmaker Smith & Wesson Brands Inc on Wednesday, accusing it of d...
Sep 28, 2022
Exxon orders shale stand-down over rash of oilfield worker injuries
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil issued a temporary "stand-down" across its U.S. shale operations last week following back-to-back worker injuries, including one fatality, according to people fa...
Sep 28, 2022
Robinhood partners with USD Coin issuer to bring first stablecoin
(Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc said on Wednesday it has joined forces with crypto firm Circle to provide customers the option to buy and sell stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) on the brokerage's platform....
Sep 28, 2022
Wild UK market swings ‘opportunity of a lifetime’ for hedge funds
By Nell Mackenzie (Reuters) - The wild swings seen in British markets provided an "opportunity of a lifetime" to trade currencies and bonds, hedge funds and traders said on Wednesday. Sterling and Bri...
Sep 28, 2022
Explainer-Why is Bank of England acting again? What next in the UK crisis?
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's central bank resorted to buying bonds again on Wednesday in an emergency move to reduce the chaos in financial markets which was triggered last week by the tax and spendin...
Sep 28, 2022
San Francisco sued by homeless demanding affordable housing
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - San Francisco's homeless are suing the City by the Bay, demanding that it stop rounding them up like criminals and invest in affordable housing instead. More than 57% of ...
Sep 28, 2022
‘Where’s Jackie?’ Biden seeks lawmaker Walorski who died in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden publicly sought out Jackie Walorski, an Indiana Congresswoman who died in a car accident in August, during a conference on hunger on Wednesday, seeming t...
Sep 28, 2022
Bed, Bath & Beyond investors watching merchandise mix during sales slump
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) - Bed Bath & Beyond investors will be closely watching the home goods retailer's second quarter earnings on Thursday for clues as to how customers are respon...
Sep 28, 2022
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