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US agency, California gathering details of self-driving crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and California officials said on Tuesday they are in discussions with General Motors self-driving unit Cruise about a crash in San Francisco involving a pedestrian struck b...
Oct 03, 2023
US passenger railroad Amtrak high-speed Acela program facing new delays
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak's $2.3 billion plan to replace its high-speed Acela train cars is more than three years behind schedule and faces more likely ...
Oct 03, 2023
Pekin Insurance ‘restructuring’ as part of a ‘strategic initiative’
PEKIN, Ill. – They’re calling it focusing on a “strategic initiative.” Pekin Insurance says they’re restructuring the company so that it focuses more on Commercial and Li...
Oct 03, 2023
Mexico, conservation group boost efforts to save tiny vaquita porpoise
By Carolina Pulice MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government announced a new agreement with conservation group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday aimed at boosting protection of the endangered vaquita porpo...
Oct 03, 2023
TPG Telecom’s $4 billion fiber assets bid’s due diligence period expires
(Reuters) - Australia's TPG Telecom said on Wednesday the exclusive due diligence period granted to Macquarie-backed rival Vocus Group for the A$6.3 billion sale of its non-mobile fiber assets has exp...
Oct 03, 2023
Brazil’s government seeks Congress vote on bill taxing offshore, closed-end funds this week
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian government wants Congress to pass a bill this week that would tax offshore and closed-end funds, and change an instrument companies use for shareholder payments, a g...
Oct 03, 2023
Spotify Premium to include free access to audiobooks in UK, Australia
(Reuters) - Spotify said on Tuesday that users of its premium services in the UK and Australia would now have 15 hours of free access to audiobooks a month, with the feature expanding to the United St...
Oct 03, 2023
LaHood opposed, Sorensen in favor, of McCarthy’s departure as House Speaker. Read their full statements here
WASHINGTON, D.C. – One did, one didn’t. Among area Congressmen and Tuesday’s vote to oust Congressman Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker’s job, 17th District Congressman Eric Sore...
Oct 03, 2023
Marketmind: Breaking point?
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Another crushing selloff in U.S. Treasuries, one of the biggest falls in world ...
Oct 03, 2023
Switzerland, US donate $8 million to Brazil’s fund to fight Amazon deforestation
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Switzerland and the United States have donated $8.4 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund to help stop deforestation and preserve the world's largest tropical rainforest, the Brazilian ...
Oct 03, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
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