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UK government seeks to mitigate workforce disruption from Omicron
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has asked public sector managers to test their contingency plans against a worst-case scenario of 25% staff absence as part of efforts to minimise disruption ...
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Peru’s inflation closes 2021 at 13-year high
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru has ended 2021 with inflation of 6.43%, the highest rate in 13 years and well above the upper end of the central bank's target, the government said on Saturday. The South America...
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Dan Reeves, former NFL head coach and player, dead at 77
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Dan Reeves, a longtime NFL head coach and former player, died Saturday at the age of 77, his family said in a statement. Reeves died "due to complications from dementia," the ...
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Strikes shut down UPM pulp and paper plants in Finland
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Some 3,000 workers at Finnish forestry group UPM went on strike on Saturday, shutting plants, the company said on Saturday. Three unions representing paper workers, managerial sta...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro extends tax breaks for labor-intensive industries
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro approved a bill that extends payroll tax exemptions for 17 sectors of the economy in a bid to boost job creation, according to a decision ...
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Callisto Tanzi, Parmalat founder convicted over huge 2003 bankruptcy, dies at 83
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Businessman Callisto Tanzi, who transformed a small family milk company into the multi-national food powerhouse Parmalat only to see it collapse in one of Italy's b...
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City of Peoria: Watch out for snow plows
PEORIA, Ill. – As the snow falls in earnest in Peoria and around the area Saturday, an official with Peoria’s Public Works Department says he’d appreciate if you watch where you̵...
Will Stevenson Jan 01, 2022
Cathay Pacific sacks two aircrew for breaching COVID-19 rules
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways said on Saturday two of its aircrew whom have tested positive for the Omicron variant were sacked for breaching medical surveill...
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Peoria County accident victim identified
UPDATE PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria man was the victim of an apparent hit-and-run accident in rural Peoria County. The Peoria County Coroner’s Office says Caleb Charlson, 40, was pronounced dea...
Will Stevenson Jan 01, 2022

Winter Storm Warning, Watch in effect for Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. – The winter storm we might have tolerated on Christmas Day is a week late. The New Year is starting off with a Winter Storm Warning until 6:00 a.m. Sunday for Peoria County, while ...
Will Stevenson Jan 01, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
42 °F Overcast
