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Selfridges sold to Thai and Austrian alliance in $5 billion deal
By Matthias Inverardi DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Luxury British store chain Selfridges is being sold to a Thai retailer and an Austrian property company in a deal that a source close to the matter said w...
Dec 23, 2021
AMD amends GlobalFoundries deal, will buy $2.1 billion worth of wafers
(Reuters) -Chip firm Advanced Micro Devices will acquire about $2.1 billion of silicon wafers from GlobalFoundries from 2022 through 2025 in an amended agreement, according to a regulatory filing on T...
Dec 23, 2021
Crocs to buy footwear brand Heydude for $2.5 billion
By Deborah Mary Sophia and Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) -Crocs Inc said on Thursday it would buy privately owned footwear label Heydude for $2.5 billion, as the rubber clogs maker looks to cash in on...
Dec 23, 2021
Woman accuses ‘Sex and the City’ actor Chris Noth of groping
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A New York musician on Thursday accused "Sex and the City" actor Chris Noth of groping her nearly 20 years ago and threatening to ruin her career if she told a...
Dec 23, 2021
White House national security adviser asks software companies to discuss cybersecurity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan sent a letter to major software companies and developers to discuss ways to improve software security, the White House said o...
Dec 23, 2021
East Peoria man dead after accident at Caterpillar Mapleton Foundry
MAPLETON, Ill. – An East Peoria man is dead after falling at Caterpillar’s Mapleton Foundry. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Scott W. Adams, 50, was pronounced dead at the scene a...
Dec 23, 2021
Enel teams up with Intesa Sanpaolo for Italy payments firm Mooney
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian utility Enel SpA has agreed to buy 50% of Italy's Mooney to take joint control of the payments firm with Intesa Sanpaolo SpA and create a European-based fintech group. Under ...
Dec 23, 2021
U.S. to allow waiving of in-person interviews for H-1B, other visas through 2022
(Reuters) -The United States will allow its consular officers to waive in-person interviews for H-1B and other certain non-immigrant visa applicants through next year to help reduce visa wait times, t...
Dec 23, 2021
Man gets 27 years in federal prison for child porn production
PEORIA, Ill. – An Iowa man was sentenced in a Peoria federal courtroom to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty in April to Production of Child Pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s office s...
Dec 23, 2021
Expert: mental health takes a toll during the holidays
PEORIA, Ill. – The holidays can be stressful enough for people battling mental illness, COVID-19 or not. Dave Mingus, licensed in Behavioral Health with UnityPoint’s Unity Place, says in s...
Dec 23, 2021
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