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Peoria business owner found guilty of Tazewell County hit-and-run
PEKIN, Ill. – The owner of a popular Peoria cocktail lounge — now convicted on charges of leaving the scene of a bad accident he caused. Martin Walgenbach, who owns Martini’s on Wate...
Oct 20, 2022
Twitter’s workforce likely to be hit with massive cuts in coming months – report
(Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk told prospective investors in his deal to buy Twitter Inc that he planned to get rid of nearly 75% of the social media company's 7,500 workers, the Washington Post re...
Oct 20, 2022
U.S. sets March date for Gulf of Mexico drilling auction
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday said it will hold a Gulf of Mexico drilling auction in March of next year to satisfy a requirement in the government's new climate change law. The Bure...
Oct 20, 2022
Fewer Venezuelans caught at U.S.-Mexico border after Biden expulsions
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Venezuelan migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has plummeted as a new bilateral policy has pushed thousands back to Mexico in the past week, acc...
Oct 20, 2022
Chess-Niemann files $100m defamation lawsuit against Carlsen, Chess.com
(Reuters) - Hans Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, sued world champion Magnus Carlsen, online platform Chess.com and others for slander and libel ...
Oct 20, 2022
Brazil’s Assai posts 47.8% drop in Q3 net profit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian cash-and-carry chain Assai reported a 47.8% decrease in third-quarter net profit, compared to the same period last year, to reach 281 million reais ($53.85 million), th...
Oct 20, 2022
Pfizer expects to raise COVID vaccine price to $110-$130 per dose
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc expects to raise the price of its COVID-19 vaccine to about $110 to $130 per dose after the United States government's current purchase program expires,...
Oct 20, 2022
Meta refuses to give up on campaign to disqualify FTC chair
By Alison Frankel (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc has almost no chance of barring the chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, from participation in the FTC's challenge to Meta's planned ...
Oct 20, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court’s Barrett declines to block Biden student loan relief
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday declined to block President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in a challenge to the pol...
Oct 20, 2022
St. Louis Fed says will “think differently” about involvement in private events
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The St. Louis Federal Reserve said it would "think differently" about appearances by its president James Bullard at closed press events after news reports of...
Oct 20, 2022
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