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A thaw in U.S. jobs market could be good news for Fed’s inflation battle
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - It was just a hint of something good on the horizon, Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said this week, but in his recent conversations with business offi...
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PPD: Peoria murder case closure rate in 2021 just over 26 percent
UPDATE: 1:12 p.m. PEORIA, Ill. — While violent gun crimes saw a major drop in the first two months of this year in Peoria, police still have a lot of open murder cases left over from last year t...
Cooper Banks Mar 04, 2022
Exclusive-Italian prosecutors to wrap up probe on Boeing 787 parts by July – sources
By Francesca Landini BRINDISI, Italy (Reuters) - Prosecutors investigating suspected flawed parts produced by an Italian company for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner are expected to wrap up the probe by July...
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City Council to be asked to support sale of Spirit of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria City Council is being asked to essentially let the sale of the Spirit of Peoria riverboat go through. On the agenda for Tuesday night’s City Council meeting is a ...
Will Stevenson Mar 04, 2022
Intesa opening Pravex bank branches in Ukraine when safe to do so
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo said it was determined to support customers of its Ukrainian subsidiary Pravex Bank and was opening branches in the country to provide essential ...
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Bread consumers to swallow the cost of Russia-Ukraine war
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one of the world's breadbasket nations, has driven wheat prices to 14-year highs, forcing bread consumers to eat the cost. Ru...
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Russia blocks Facebook, accusing it of restricting access to Russian media
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Russia is blocking Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook, the country's communications regulator said on Friday, in response to what it said were restrictions on access to R...
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Factbox-Commodity prices fly as sanctions disrupt Russian exports
LONDON (Reuters) - Prices of raw materials such as oil, wheat, aluminium and nickel have soared to multi-year highs since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 and Western sanctions disrupt air and sea sh...
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Ballet dancers fleeing Ukraine rubble find Bucharest stage
By Luiza Ilie and Octav Ganea BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Six ballet dancers who have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion were warming up on Friday on the stage of the National Opera House in Romanian capi...
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Factbox-Commodity supplies at risk after Russia invades Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of new Western sanctions against Russia have fuelled fears about supplies of key commodities produced and exported by Russian compani...
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