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Brazil creates fewer than expected formal jobs in April
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's formal job creation fell short of expectations in April, with a net of 180,005 positions, according to figures released by the Labor Ministry on Wednesday. Economists pol...
May 31, 2023
Amazon.com to pay $25 million to settle Alexa privacy lawsuit with FTC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it violated children's privacy rights with its Alexa voice assistant, according to a court filing on Wednesday. (...
May 31, 2023
Exclusive-India chip plan stalls after Tower-Intel deal in setback to Modi
By Munsif Vengattil, Aditya Kalra and Jane Lanhee Lee NEW DELHI/OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A planned $3 billion semiconductor facility in India by a consortium that counted Israeli chipmaker Towe...
May 31, 2023
U.S. economy little changed in recent weeks; outlook ‘deteriorated’: Fed survey
(Reuters) - U.S. economic activity was little changed overall in recent weeks, and with growth in hiring and in prices slowing, the outlook appeared to worsen, a Federal Reserve report published on We...
May 31, 2023
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is hopeful a debt limit deal will be approved
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin is optimistic Congress will take action to avoid default the U.S. debt. The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday evening on the deal st...
May 31, 2023
Analysis-Mexico’s gasoline independence dream sinks in dirty fuel oil glut
By Ana Isabel Martinez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president took office in late 2018 pledging to boost local output of gasoline while phasing out imports, but so far state refineries have instea...
May 31, 2023
Amazon.com’s Ring mishandled customers videos and will pay $5.8 million fine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon.com's doorbell camera unit Ring has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission regarding privacy, according to a filing on Wednesday with the U.S. Distric...
May 31, 2023
Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California if the state government passed legislation forcing tech companies to p...
May 31, 2023
Russian labour shortage laid bare as unemployment drops to record low
By Alexander Marrow and Darya Korsunskaya (Reuters) - Russia's unemployment rate dropped to a record low 3.3% in April, data showed on Wednesday, highlighting the labour shortage that is stifling econ...
May 31, 2023
Scholarship program for low-income kids not part of new Illinois budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois General Assembly did not vote to extend a scholarship program for low-income children. “Invest in Kids” started as a pilot program in 2018. It provid...
May 31, 2023
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