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AAA: Local gasoline prices are down a bit
PEORIA, Ill. — The good news…gas prices are dropping, but not a lot. AAA says the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the Peoria-Pekin area is now $4.43. That’s...
Apr 06, 2022
IEA countries to tap 60 million barrels of oil on top of U.S. release
WASHINGTONG (Reuters) - Member countries of the International Energy Agency besides the United States have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from storage, an official from the U.S. governmen...
Apr 06, 2022
European equity funds had outflows for first time in two years in March
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) - European equity funds faced their first monthly outflow in two years in March as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and rising energy prices hurt prospects for profit ...
Apr 06, 2022
Fed’s Harker: “methodical” policy tightening designed to avert recession
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve aims to tighten monetary policy in a methodical way that keeps the economic expansion intact, Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker said on Wednesd...
Apr 06, 2022
IL House passes bill offering support to Ukraine
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois House lawmakers have passed a bill that takes action in support of Ukraine. The legislation divests state pension funds from interests in Russia and Belarus, and wil...
Apr 06, 2022
SpaceX, USAID deliver 5,000 satellite internet terminals to Ukraine
(Reuters) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said on Wednesday it has provided 5,000 Starlink satellite internet terminals to the Government of Ukraine in partnership wit...
Apr 06, 2022
Minneapolis prosecutors will not charge officer who killed Amir Locke -Washington Post
(Reuters) -Minneapolis prosecutors said on Wednesday they will not charge a police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, during a no-knock raid in February, the Washington Post...
Apr 06, 2022
Barkin: Fed has time to reach a more neutral rate given ongoing pandemic effects
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve "has some time" to raise rates towards a more neutral level, Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin said Wednesday, a counter to calls for a faster pace of rate increases...
Apr 06, 2022
Greek PM inaugurates 204 MW solar park, pledges fast permits for renewables
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis inaugurated on Wednesday a 204-megawatt solar park and promised to speed up permits for renewable energy projects as the country seeks to we...
Apr 06, 2022
Russia’s Sberbank, Alfa Bank say new U.S. sanctions won’t have significant impact
(Reuters) - Russian largest and state-run lender Sberbank and the country's No. 1 private lender Alfa Bank said on Wednesday new sanctions imposed by the United States would not have a significant imp...
Apr 06, 2022
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