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U.N. chief urges world leaders to clinch WTO fisheries deal, document shows
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to world leaders calling on them to clinch a deal on curbing fisheries subsidies as negotiations near their final p...
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French startup Swile gets unicorn status with $200 million Softbank-led fundraising
(Reuters) - Swile has raised additional an $200 million in a capital increase backed by Japan's Softbank, aiming at expanding its business internationally and beyond corporate benefits services, the F...
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World Bank seeks $100 billion in donations to address ‘tragic reversals’ in development
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank hopes to raise $100 billion in donations for the International Development Association fund for poorer countries to address "tra...
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Italy’s SECO aims for new acquisitions next year, looks at cybersecurity
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian SECO aims to make new acquisitions in 2022, the high tech group's Chief Executive Massimo Mauri said on Monday. "We are looking at the cybersecurity sector, especially in the...
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Crypto analytics firm Elliptic raises $60 million from SoftBank, others
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic said on Monday it had raised $60 million from investors including SoftBank and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, the latest blockch...
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Exclusive-Major coffee buyers face losses as Colombia farmers fail to deliver
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - Coffee farmers in Colombia, the world's No. 2 arabica producer, have failed to deliver up to 1 million bags of beans this year or nearly 10% of the country's crop, ...
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Poor countries’ debt rose 12% to record $860 billion in 2020- World Bank
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The debt burden of the world's low-income countries rose 12% to a record $860 billion in 2020 as countries responded to the COVID-19 crisis with massive fiscal,...
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Ericsson signs 5-year 5G contract with AT&T
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Ericsson said on Monday it has won a five-year contract from AT&T to help build its 5G network in the United States. AT&T, which won an auction earlier this year for C-B...
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Jet set scramble as skyrocketing demand for private planes drives delays, cancellations
By Allison Lampert LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Private business jets once provided refuge from airport waiting lines for the few that could afford them, but the fading pandemic has driven demand to such hei...
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One injured in overnight shooting
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called at approximately 1:25 a.m. Monday to the 1500 block of W. Windenham Street on a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, officers did not find any shooting victi...
Julia Bradley Oct 11, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
51 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Mist
