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Brazil’s central govt tops expectations with record January budget surplus
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central government posted a better-than-expected primary budget surplus in January on the back of record tax revenues, Treasury data showed on Monday, although the outloo...
Feb 27, 2023
Penguin Random House drops Scott Adams’ book after racist rant – WSJ
(Reuters) - Portfolio, the business imprint of the world's largest book publisher Penguin Random House, will not publish Scott Adams' book "Reframe Your Brain", the Wall Street Journal reported on Mon...
Feb 27, 2023
Stellantis invests $155 million in Argentine copper mine
ROME (Reuters) - Carmaker Stellantis said on Monday it had invested $155 million to buy a minority stake in a copper mine in Argentina as part of its global push to secure raw materials for electric v...
Feb 27, 2023
Palantir cuts around 2% of its workforce
(Reuters) - Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies said on Monday it has cut about 2% of its workforce, joining a raft of U.S. companies that have laid off thousands of workers amid an economic dow...
Feb 27, 2023
U.S. watchdog shutters mortgage outfit as high court case looms
(Reuters) - The U.S. consumer financial watchdog agency on Monday said it had permanently barred California mortgage broker RMK Financial Corp. from the mortgage lending industry, accusing it of repea...
Feb 27, 2023
Gas prices down slightly in the Peoria area
PEORIA, Ill. – Gas prices in the Peoria area are on a downward trend. GasBuddy in its weekly report says the average price of a gallon of unleaded gas is $3.52. That’s down 3.3 cents from ...
Feb 27, 2023
U.S. Labor Department probes Hearthside Food Solutions for possible child labor violations -sources
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Labor has opened an investigation against Hearthside Food Solutions, a U.S. food contractor that makes and packages products for well-known...
Feb 27, 2023
NASA to name solar scientist as agency’s science chief, sources say
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA has picked a longtime solar scientist who heads its heliophysics division to become the U.S. space agency's science chief, according two people familiar wi...
Feb 27, 2023
Camera chip startup Prophesee and Qualcomm sign multi-year deal
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Paris-based startup Prophesee, a maker of camera chips inspired by the way the human eye works, said on Monday it has signed a multi-year deal with Qualc...
Feb 27, 2023
Court revives challenge to New York law protecting workers who get abortions
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived an anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center's challenge to a New York state law that prohibits retaliation against employees for gett...
Feb 27, 2023
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