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Oil companies, union hold new talks on U.S. refinery worker contract
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Union and energy company negotiators met on Tuesday to settle terms on a new labor contract covering 30,000 U.S. workers at oil refineries, chemical plants and pipeli...
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Fed’s Bullard says unemployment rate can go below 3% this year
NEW YORK (Reuters) -St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said he sees the unemployment rate falling below 3% this year, a jobless rate the U.S. economy last seen in the early 1950s. ...
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U.S. SEC delays decision on listing of Bitwise spot bitcoin ETF
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday it had not reached any conclusion on an NYSE Arca application to list a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by Bitwise...
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Former Senator Doug Jones to serve as ‘sherpa’ for Biden’s Supreme Court pick -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones will serve as a "sherpa," or guide, for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee's confirmation process in the Senate, according to a source fa...
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Fed’s Bullard does not think a half-point rate hike ‘really helps us’ -Reuters interview
(Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard on Tuesday said he favors lifting rates at the U.S. central bank's meeting in March and likely again in May, but he pushed back against th...
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LATEST: Local authorities announce street parking bans, school changes
PEORIA, Ill. — Several municipal and educational authorities around the Peoria metro have announced upcoming parking bans and educational changes as an approaching winter storm threatens to brin...
Cooper Banks Feb 01, 2022
Biden says he wants Senate’s advice and consent on Supreme Court pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he wants his candidate to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to have courtesy, respect and a judicial philosophy...
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Ford to invest up to $20 billion in EV push- Bloomberg News
(Reuters) -Ford Motor Co is planning new investment of up to $20 billion in building its electric vehicles, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The additional investment will be spread out over the ne...
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Confederate symbols falling faster as U.S. wakes up to past wrongs – report
By Julio Cesar-Chavez and Dan Fastenberg RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - A year after George Floyd's murder sparked the toppling of Confederate statues, the United States continues removing segregationist s...
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Illinois legislative sessions cancelled due to weather; State of the State address still on
UPDATED 6:16 A.M. 2/2/22 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois General Assembly hasn’t met much this year, and that won’t change anytime soon. Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris&...
Will Stevenson Feb 01, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
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