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Australia’s Woolworths half-year profit falls 21%
(Reuters) - Woolworths Group Ltd on Wednesday posted a 21% drop in half-year profit, as pandemic-induced costs hurt its earnings from consumers stocking up on essentials during long spells of lockdown...
Feb 22, 2022
Mexico’s Bimbo sees Q4 net profit rise 66.9% due to strong sales
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican breadmaker Grupo Bimbo reported a 66.9% increase in fourth-quarter net profit on Tuesday, driven by strong sales, lower financing costs and an effective income tax rate...
Feb 22, 2022
U.S. SEC announces charges, penalty on medtech firm Baxter for accounting improprieties
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday announced charges and an $18 million penalty against medtech firm Baxter International Inc for engaging in "improper intra-company fo...
Feb 22, 2022
Sheriffs Department wants help solving smoke shop armed robbery
WEST PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria County Sheriffs Department is looking for your help solving an armed robbery at a West Peoria business. Officials say one suspect held a victim at gunpoint last Fr...
Feb 22, 2022
Russia’s Sberbank and VTB would face sanctions if invasion proceeds, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia's Sberbank and VTB would face American sanctions if Moscow proceeds with its invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. administration official told reporters on Tuesday, warning...
Feb 22, 2022
Brazil’s BRF posts Q4 net profit of $184.4 million -filing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian poultry and pork processor BRF SA said it profited by 932 million reais ($184.39 million) in the final quarter of 2021, a 3.3% rise from the 902 million-real gain in th...
Feb 22, 2022
Potential drug investigation in Pekin
PEKIN, Ill. – There may have been some sort of drug bust in Pekin. A sergeant with the Peoria Metropolitan Enforcement Group tells 25 News officers did go to a home in the 200 block of Derby Str...
Feb 22, 2022
Meteorites from Mars, outer space land on Christie’s auction block
By Aleksandra Michalska and Hussein Al Waaile NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meteorites are striking gold among collectors, with a dilapidated dog house that survived a hit from outer space expected to fetch up...
Feb 22, 2022
U.S. imposes sanctions on two Russian banks – Treasury Dept
(Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Russia's VEB Bank and Promsvyazbank on Tuesday, according to statement from the U.S. Treasury Department, after Moscow formally recognized two region...
Feb 22, 2022
Latam e-commerce giant MercadoLibre reports Q4 net loss of $46.1 million
(Reuters) -South American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre Inc missed analysts' forecasts after posting a fourth quarter net loss on Tuesday, despite a surge in sales. The company reported a quarterly ne...
Feb 22, 2022
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