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Gold Fields acquisition target Yamana assets valued at $6-$8 billion – CIBC
By Nelson Banya (Reuters) - An independent evaluation has put Yamana Gold's mineral assets at between $6 billion and $8 billion, in line with South Africa's Gold Fields' initial offer price for the Ca...
Oct 21, 2022
Sandy Hook families seek steep punitive damages after $1 billion Alex Jones verdict
By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting on Friday asked a Connecticut judge to order Alex Jones to pay hefty punitive damages on top of nearly $1 billion a ju...
Oct 21, 2022
Shale firms discount ‘U.S. put’ as inadequate to lift oil output
By Arathy Somasekhar and Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - U.S. shale oil executive Matt Gallagher this week took a poll on Twitter to gauge sentiment toward President Joe Biden's offer to stock the U.S. em...
Oct 21, 2022
Rapper Cardi B wins California trial over explicit album cover art
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - A California federal jury on Friday rejected claims that musician Cardi B misused a man's image on the cover of her first 2016 mixtape album. The cover of "Gangsta Bitch ...
Oct 21, 2022
Teamsters union reaches national contract with Costco
(Reuters) - The Teamsters union, representing more than 18,000 workers, said it had ratified on Friday a national contract with Costco Wholesale Corp. The first-ever national agreement provides member...
Oct 21, 2022
Mexico’s Banorte drops out of bidding for Citi’s Banamex retail arm
By Valentine Hilaire MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's Grupo Financiero Banorte said on Friday it had pulled out of the bidding process for Citigroup's local retail arm Banamex, leaving just a handful o...
Oct 21, 2022
Biden vows to use veto if Republicans win Congress and try to ban abortion
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to use his veto power to protect women's rights if Republicans win control of Congress in next month's midterm elections...
Oct 21, 2022
U.S. judge: passengers in fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes ‘crime victims’
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Texas ruled on Friday that people killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes are legally considered "crime victims" and will determine what remedies should be imposed. In Decembe...
Oct 21, 2022
All of Metamora under Boil Order
METAMORA, Ill. – Officials in Metamora say the entire village is under a boil order for at least the next several days. Authorities say that’s because of a water main break near Route 89 a...
Oct 21, 2022
U.S. appeals court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with six Republican...
Oct 21, 2022
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