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Analysis: South Korea’s sudden property slump tests world’s most indebted consumers
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's property market has abruptly gone from sizzling hot to floundering, piling pressure on some of the world's most debt-saddled consumers as the sector expe...
Jul 28, 2022
Analysis: South Korean inflation raises risk of widening worker unrest
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - For years, a separate class of South Korean shipyard workers - hired through contractors - say they endured wages barely one-third regular workers', got no paid sick lea...
Jul 28, 2022
Man wanted for Galesburg homicide
GALESBURG, Ill. – Authorities in Galesburg say an arrest warrant is out for the man they believe shot and ultimately killed another man early Sunday morning. Galesburg Police say a warrant charg...
Jul 28, 2022
Former City Council candidate not charged with Domestic Battery
PEORIA, Ill. – A former candidate for Peoria City Council has been cleared of charges accusing him of assaulting a woman. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate prosecutors never formally ...
Jul 28, 2022
U.S. Congress passage of subsidies prompts chip makers to move on projects
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Major semiconductor makers on Thursday hailed passage in the U.S. Congress of a pot of federal government money for new chip factories in the United States, and said the...
Jul 28, 2022
Invasive frog and snake species cost world economy $16 billion, study shows
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) - Two invasive species, the American bullfrog and the brown tree snake, cost the world an estimated $16 billion between 1986 and 2020 by causing problems ranging fro...
Jul 28, 2022
Brazil’s Vale posts decline in quarterly profit but beats expectations
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Thursday its second-quarter net income fell 18.9% from the previous year, hit mainly by a sharp decline in iron ore prices, but nonetheless trounci...
Jul 28, 2022
Former Obama adviser gets 1 year prison in school theft case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former White House education adviser under President Barack Obama was sentenced on Thursday to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to charge...
Jul 28, 2022
U.S. regulators order Voyager Digital to stop ‘false and misleading’ deposit insurance claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking regulators have ordered crypto firm Voyager Digital to cease and desist from making "false and misleading" claims regarding deposit insurance protection for custome...
Jul 28, 2022
U.S. says insurers must still cover birth control after Supreme Court abortion ruling
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday warned U.S. businesses and health insurance providers that limiting coverage of contraceptives, after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling th...
Jul 28, 2022
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