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What to watch for in the U.S. SEC’s GameStop report
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to soon release its long-awaited report on the GameStop trading saga and it could have implications for brokerage...
Oct 01, 2021
Merck COVID-19 pill success slams Moderna shares, shakes up healthcare sector
By Lewis Krauskopf and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co's experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sendin...
Oct 01, 2021
Peoria population drops slightly; redraw of City Council districts needed
PEORIA, Ill. – All in all, officials say the City of Peoria fared well in the 2020 Census, though there are some concerns. City officials say they’re waiting on some more data, but the pop...
Oct 01, 2021
U.S. administers nearly 394 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States had administered 393,756,866 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 477,069,555 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Oct 01, 2021
Fed’s Mester repeats first rate hike could come at the end of 2022
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's conditions for raising interest rates could be met by the end of 2022, Cleveland Fed Bank President Loretta Mester said on Friday, adding that she expects in...
Oct 01, 2021
Infowars founder Jones who claimed Sandy Hook shooting was hoax loses defamation cases
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist and founder of the right-wing website Infowars, has been found liable for damages in a trio of defamation lawsuits filed after he falsely c...
Oct 01, 2021
Exclusive-White House, top Democrats reach deal in budget bill on carbon capture credit -sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and top Democratic lawmakers have agreed to boost a tax credit for industrial carbon capture projects in a deal that could help solidify support for the budget r...
Oct 01, 2021
Golden Globes group adds new members as it works to diversify
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said on Friday it had added 21 new members as part of its efforts to diversify the ranks of the organization that hands out the Golden G...
Oct 01, 2021
Biden administration considering regulating stablecoin issuers as banks – WSJ
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is looking into ways to impose bank-like regulation on companies that issue stablecoins, including asking them to register as banks, the Wall Street Journal report...
Oct 01, 2021
Exclusive-White House presses U.S. airlines to quickly mandate vaccines for staff
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is pressing major U.S. airlines to mandate vaccines for employees by Dec. 8, four sources told Reuters on Friday. White House COVID-19 respons...
Oct 01, 2021
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