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Japan’s Dec jobless rate falls as monthly employment gain hits near 36-year high
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's jobless rate fell to 2.7% in December as employment posted the biggest monthly gain in nearly 36 years, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemploymen...
Jan 31, 2022
Facebook’s cryptocurrency venture to wind down after asset sale to Silvergate
(Reuters) - Silvergate Capital Corp said on Monday it has agreed to buy Blockchain Payments Network and other intellectual property assets from Meta Platforms Inc's digital currency venture Diem Assoc...
Jan 31, 2022
U.S. considering hike to royalty rate for drillers at onshore auctions
(Reuters) -The Biden administration is considering raising the royalty rate that drilling companies must pay on oil and gas leases that it plans to sell in the first quarter, according to a draft noti...
Jan 31, 2022
Attenborough, WHO, Tsikhanouskaya among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) - British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World Health Organization and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are among the nominees for this year's Nobe...
Jan 31, 2022
Argentina’s Peronists split over IMF deal as top lawmaker rebels
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A prominent Argentine lawmaker on Monday broke ranks with the country's ruling party on Monday, rejecting a $44.5 billion agreement struck in principle wit...
Jan 31, 2022
U.S. considering hike to royalty rate for drillers at onshore auctions
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is considering raising the royalty rate that drilling companies must pay on oil and gas leases it plans to sell in the first quarter of this year, according to dra...
Jan 31, 2022
Trump’s fundraising groups have over $122 million in cash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fundraising groups run by former U.S. President Donald Trump have amassed more than $122 million in cash after raising over $51 million in the second half of 2021, Trump's office...
Jan 31, 2022
Sacklers near deal to increase opioid settlement in Purdue bankruptcy
By Tom Hals and Mike Spector (Reuters) -Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP are nearing an agreement to boost their more than $4 billion offer to resolve sprawling opioid litigation...
Jan 31, 2022
Mistrial declared in murder case after jury deadlocked
PEORIA, Ill. – The jury considering the fate of a Peoria man charged with one of the city’s first homicides of 2021 has deadlocked. That’s according to our news partner 25 News. A ju...
Jan 31, 2022
Chicago blues drummer Sam Lay dies at 86
By Eric Cox (Reuters) - Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Sam Lay, who performed and recorded with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Bob Dylan, has died at age 86. Lay died of natural causes in a nursin...
Jan 31, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
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