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Heatwave-linked pollution sees Spanish city urge less car use
MADRID (Reuters) - A few weeks after saying it will curb its low emission zone (LEZ), the new right-wing coalition government in the Spanish city of Valladolid is calling on people to stop using priva...
Jul 19, 2023
Donald Trump loses bid for new trial in E. Jean Carroll case
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's request for a new trial on damages after a jury found the former U.S. president liable for sexually abusing and defaming the wr...
Jul 19, 2023
Northern Trust’s Q2 profit drops on fee-based income weakness
(Reuters) - Asset and wealth manager Northern Trust reported a 17% drop in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, as lower fee-based income dragged down gains from a boost in interest income. Uncertainty...
Jul 19, 2023
IMF says dollar’s rise hit emerging markets harder than advanced economies
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emerging market economies bore the brunt of the strongest U.S. dollar in two decades in 2022, a rise that battered them with capital outflows, higher import pric...
Jul 19, 2023
Atos, tech giants join forces on ethernet consortium
(Reuters) - A group of tech industry actors including Meta, Microsoft and Intel and France's Atos have teamed up to form an ethernet consortium in a bid to build up networks suited for artificial inte...
Jul 19, 2023
Local Boy Scout troops are among those going to the National Jamboree
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – More than 60 local youth are on their way to do something they haven’t been able to in the last six years. They’re on their way to the annual Boy Scout Jamboree i...
Jul 19, 2023
US single-family housing starts fall in June; permits increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding fell in June after surging in the prior month, but permits for future construction increased solidly as a severe shortage of previously owned hou...
Jul 19, 2023
Activision, Microsoft extend deadline to close $69 billion deal to Oct. 18
(Reuters) -Activision Blizzard said on Wednesday it has extended the deadline for the close of its $69 billion takeover by Microsoft to Oct. 18 as the companies work to secure approval from the United...
Jul 19, 2023
UAE’s Abu Dhabi sees strong industrial sector growth amid diversification push
By Rachna Uppal ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi, the capital of major oil exporter United Arab Emirates, plans to double the contribution from its industrial sector to GDP, a senior government officia...
Jul 19, 2023
China to increase support for private companies to bolster economy
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will increase support for private companies, joint guidelines published by the Communist Party and the cabinet said on Wednesday, as the country seeks to boost private sector...
Jul 19, 2023
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