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U.S. consumer bureau orders fintech firm LendUp to halt new loans, pay fine
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said on Tuesday it ordered LendUp Loans to pay a $100,000 penalty, halt issuing new loans and stop collec...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. Justice Dept says inmates sent home due to COVID-19 will not be returned to prison
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday announced it would not force federal inmates who were sent home due to the coronavirus pandemic to return to prison once...
Dec 21, 2021
Facebook will not attend CES in person over COVID-19 concerns
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook parent Meta Platforms inc said on Tuesday it will not attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next month as concerns grow about the omicron ...
Dec 21, 2021
Biden says he and Manchin are ‘going to get something done’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he and conservative Democratic Senator Joe Manchin were "going to get something done" on the president's proposed social spending l...
Dec 21, 2021
Olympics-NHL decides against competing in Beijing due to COVID-19 -ESPN
(Reuters) -The National Hockey League will not send its players to compete in the men's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns as the highly transmissible Omicron varia...
Dec 21, 2021
EPA reviews Bayer herbicide blamed for widespread U.S. crop damage
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether the weed killer dicamba can be sprayed safely on soybean and cotton plants genetically engineered to re...
Dec 21, 2021
IEMA: ‘Sonic boom’ caused by fighter jet in central IL
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – You probably didn’t hear it in the Peoria area, but if you were in the Springfield or Decatur areas late Tuesday morning, you definitely did. The Illinois Emergency Man...
Dec 21, 2021
How Biden’s appeals to U.S. unvaccinated went from beer and cash to ‘illness and death’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden dispensed unvarnished advice on Tuesday to the one in four American adults who have yet to be vaccinated for the coronavirus vaccine: the new Omicron va...
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. business borrowing for equipment rises 8% in Nov – ELFA
(Reuters) - U.S. companies borrowing funds to finance their investments in equipment rose 8% in November, compared with a year earlier, Washington-based Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA...
Dec 21, 2021
Softbank leads $127 million funding round for Brazilian healthcare startup Alice
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian healthcare startup Alice has raised $127 million in its series C funding round led by Softbank Latin America Fund, the company said on Tuesday. Other investors include ...
Dec 21, 2021
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