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Events leading up to the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is on trial https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/fraud-trial-theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-set-begin-2021-09...
Sep 08, 2021
IT guy-in-chief: president tries to fix El Salvador’s bitcoin woes
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele stepped in on Wednesday to closely manage the fraught roll-out of a payments app that underpins the nation's adoption o...
Sep 08, 2021
Thousands bid farewell to acclaimed Greek composer Theodorakis
ATHENS (Reuters) - Thousands of Greeks on Wednesday bid farewell to Mikis Theodorakis, a world-renowned activist and musician whose work brought Greek culture to a global audience in the latter 20th c...
Sep 08, 2021
Malaysia’s AirAsia reports smaller Q2 loss, lockdown slowed sales
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's flagship budget carrier AirAsia Group Bhd posted a smaller loss in the second quarter amid a jump in revenue, even as an enhanced lockdown dampened sales during an ...
Sep 08, 2021
U.S. bank profits drop as industry slows reductions in credit loss provisions – FDIC
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. bank profits fell 8.3% to $70.4 billion in the second quarter of 2021 as firms slowed their reductions in credit loss provisions, the Federal Deposit Insur...
Sep 08, 2021
Civic Center adds additional safety protocols
PEORIA,Ill. — With two big comedy shows (Jo Koy and Leanne Morgan), and the AJR concert at the Peoria Civic Center this weekend (September 10-12), there are some changes you need to be aware of....
Sep 08, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court to resume in-person oral arguments
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started when its new session begins in October, the na...
Sep 08, 2021
U.S. job openings rise to record 10.9 million in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job openings raced to a new record high in July, suggesting that last month's sharp slowdown in hiring was due to employers being unable to find workers rather than weak de...
Sep 08, 2021
Bank of Canada keeps key rate at 0.25%, maintains QE policy
OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Bank of Canada on Wednesday left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low 0.25%, as expected, as it warned supply chain disruptions and a fourth wave of COVID-19 infection...
Sep 08, 2021
Pro-China social media campaign expands to new countries, blames U.S. for COVID
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A misinformation campaign on social media in support of Chinese government interests has expanded to new languages and platforms, and it even tried to get peop...
Sep 08, 2021
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