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Sean Penn’s ‘Superpower’ catches Zelenskiy at moment of Russian invasion
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Late in the evening of Feb. 24, 2022, just some 15 hours after Russia triggered its invasion of his country, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy found time to re...
Feb 17, 2023
White House to consider Andrew Ferguson as U.S. FTC commissioner -Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The White House is considering naming Virginia Solicitor General Andrew Ferguson as a Republican commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Bloomberg News reported on Friday, cit...
Feb 17, 2023
UPS’s Coyote freight brokerage lays off workers as demand falls
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Coyote Logistics, United Parcel Service's nonunion freight brokerage subsidiary, on Friday said it was laying off workers as rising interest rates, inflation and a resumption o...
Feb 17, 2023
Vivint hit with $189.7 million verdict for stealing security rival’s customers
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - Home security provider Vivint Smart Home Inc owes rival CPI Security Systems Inc $189.7 million for tricking its customers into moving to Vivint's service, a North Caroli...
Feb 17, 2023
Boeing offers CEO $5.3 million incentive to stay through recovery
By Valerie Insinna and David Shepardson (Reuters) -Boeing on Friday awarded Chief Executive Dave Calhoun an incentive worth approximately $5.29 million to induce him to stay throughout the company's r...
Feb 17, 2023
Brazil Supreme Court rules Bayer must return $252 million in GMO soy royalties
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Germany's Bayer has been ordered by Brazil's Supreme Court to return to Brazilian soybean farmers the royalties they were charged for a GMO soybean seed, the Mato Gro...
Feb 17, 2023
Lockheed Martin gets U.S. Navy contract worth up to $2 billion
(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp a contract worth up to $2 billion related to hypersonic weapon systems, the defense firm said on Friday, amid a global uptick in demand for a...
Feb 17, 2023
Ali: No deal between City, Civic Center, Rivermen yet
UPDATED 5:07 P.M. PEORIA, Ill. – The rumors of things getting better between the Peoria Civic Center and the Peoria Rivermen may have been greatly exaggerated. Peoria City Council Member Dennis ...
Feb 17, 2023
Exclusive-Discover to enable tracking of purchases at gun retailers from April
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Discover Financial Services, a provider of credit cards, told Reuters it will allow its network to track purchases at gun retailers come April, making it the first among its...
Feb 17, 2023
U.S. lawmakers urge board to defer railroad merger decision
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers on Friday asked the Surface Transportation Board to defer a decision on a proposed Canadian Pacific merger with Kansas City Southern until the ...
Feb 17, 2023
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