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Amazon to hire 150,000 U.S. workers for holiday shopping season
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers in the United States during the holiday period, as the e-commerce giant prepares for a shopping season expected to b...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. NTSB may ask transit agencies to check Kawasaki rail cars
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday the agency may issue an urgent recommendation telling transit agencies to inspect Kawasaki train cars to...
Oct 18, 2021
UPDATE: Overturned cement truck closes part of Rt. 29, driver injured
UPDATED 6:03 P.M. EAST PEORIA, Ill. — An overturned cement truck blocked northbound Rt. 29 at Cedar Street, to the Cedar Street Bridge in East Peoria during the Monday morning commute, and cause...
Oct 18, 2021
Disney+ magic fades: Barclays downgrades Walt Disney after three years
(Reuters) - Walt Disney's stock received a rare Wall Street downgrade on Monday, as Barclays called for bold changes from the media giant to reverse slowing growth at its Disney+ streaming service. Di...
Oct 18, 2021
Asda’s $1 billion deal to sell petrol forecourts to EG Group terminated
LONDON (Reuters) -Asda, the British supermarket chain, and EG Group have terminated a deal that would have seen EG buy Asda's petrol forecourts for 750 million pounds ($1.03 billion), the two companie...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Trade Representative to go to Brussels, attend G7 trade ministers meeting in London
(Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Deputy Trade Representative Jayme White will travel to Brussels on Tuesday and then to London on Thursday to attend the G7 trade ministers meeti...
Oct 18, 2021
Don’t subject stablecoins to new rules, crypto lobby tells U.S. regulators
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Asset-backed stablecoins do not pose a systemic risk to the U.S. financial system and should not face a new set of rules, a major cryptocurrency lobby group told U.S. ...
Oct 18, 2021
Biden administration moves to curtail toxic ‘forever chemicals’ – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said it will set enforceable limits on certain polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, in drinking water, The Washingto...
Oct 18, 2021
Italy considers new fuel poverty monitor as energy prices soar
By Stephen Jewkes and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) - Italy is looking to monitor fuel poverty as part of broader plans to reform the energy market and temper price increases for consumers, a governm...
Oct 18, 2021
S.Africa’s MTN and Vodacom join Telkom in temporary spectrum lawsuit
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's two biggest mobile operators, MTN and Vodacom, have joined number three Telkom in a lawsuit to stop the regulator withdrawing temporary freque...
Oct 18, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
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