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Pelosi says she hopes to pass infrastructure bill Friday, social policy bill by Thanksgiving
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hopes to pass President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill and the rule for his social policy and climate change legislation on...
Nov 05, 2021
‘Would that I had the magic wand’- U.S. energy chief on oil output
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday suggested that the Biden administration has little power to push the country's oil producers to boost output...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. authorizes more batches of J&J COVID-19 vaccine made at Emergent
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it had authorized the use of two more batches of Johnson & Johnson's one-dose COVID-19 vaccine manufactured at the problem-plagued Balt...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. administers 428 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 428,006,540 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 531,287,645 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Nov 05, 2021
Former Methodist College building closer to being housing for homeless
PEORIA, Ill. – Some housing for Peoria’s homeless might soon go up a the former Methodist College of Nursing in downtown Peoria. Peoria’s Planning and Zoning Commission Thursday sign...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. dollar net longs hit lowest since late September -CFTC, Reuters data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Speculators' net long bets on the U.S. dollar fell to their lowest since late September, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data re...
Nov 05, 2021
IMF says Mexico’s inflationary pressures pose difficult balancing act
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said Mexico's recent inflationary pressures, while mostly temporary, pose a difficult balancing act amid still sizable slack in ...
Nov 05, 2021
McAfee nears deal to sell itself to Advent for over $10 billion – WSJ
(Reuters) -Cyber security firm McAfee Corp is nearing a deal to sell itself to U.S. private equity firm Advent International for more than $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported https://on.wsj....
Nov 05, 2021
Barclays subpoenaed by U.S. Virgin Islands over Epstein ties
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Virgin Islands has asked British bank Barclays to hand over information related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the bank said on Friday. Barclays rece...
Nov 05, 2021
U.S. working to secure doses of new COVID pills – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is working to secure millions of doses of new Pfizer and Merck pills intended to prevent severe illness from COVID-19, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-P...
Nov 05, 2021
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