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Fed nominees say inflation fight is top priority
By Ann Saphir and Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's nominees to the Federal Reserve Board came out swinging against high inflation on Wednesday, saying it posed a threat to economi...
Feb 02, 2022
Collins: Maybe a little more snow, but wind biggest problem now
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – The National Weather Service says, unofficially, 12 inches of snow fell Tuesday night into Wednesday in Peoria. But that doesn’t mean the threat of winter weather is ov...
Feb 02, 2022
Airlines urge White House to end COVID international travel testing rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major airlines, business and travel groups urged the White House on Wednesday to end COVID-19 pre-departure testing requirements for vaccinated international...
Feb 02, 2022
Allegiant Travel says ‘worst’ of the pandemic over as results beat target
(Reuters) - Low-cost airline Allegiant Travel Co sailed past estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, and said bookings for leisure travel had started to see a recovery heading in...
Feb 02, 2022
White House unveils team for historic Supreme Court nomination
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The White House has tapped three outside advisers who are veterans of politics and communications to help guide U.S. President Joe Biden's eventual Supreme Court pick th...
Feb 02, 2022
U.S. FAA chief expects 5G aviation issue to be addressed with ‘minimal disruptions’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will tell U.S. lawmakers on Thursday that the agency is confident aviation concerns about 5G C-Band deployment will be addr...
Feb 02, 2022
Meta Platforms’ weak forecast sparks meltdown of social media stocks
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc's quarterly earnings miss and poor forecast on Wednesday ignited a meltdown in social media stocks and threatened to smother a recent re...
Feb 02, 2022
Raskin tells Senate it is not Fed’s job to prescribe bank lending
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Federal Reserve's regulatory work, plans to tell lawmakers she does not believe the role includes te...
Feb 02, 2022
Exclusive-IMF staff cut critical coal language from Japan statement -document
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund deleted a sentence critical of Japan's continued financing of high-emissions coal projects from a staff mission statement on the...
Feb 02, 2022
ECB seen on hold but may acknowledge inflation risks
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is all but certain to keep policy unchanged on Thursday but may have to acknowledge that inflation could stay hig...
Feb 02, 2022
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