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Forget shareholder resolutions, fund manager says: hire better directors
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - A Texas-based fund manager is not jumping on the bandwagon of peers backing shareholder resolutions that call on companies to take stronger action on climate change. Dimensi...
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Kismet Capital Group expands tower asset portfolio with Russian Towers buy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Investment firm Kismet Capital Group on Monday said it had acquired 100% of Russian Towers, a deal which would give its joint venture with telecoms company Megafon the largest tower...
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Arrest made in Peoria armed robbery
PEORIA, Ill. — Police have arrested a suspect in connection with an apparent armed robbery that happened early Saturday morning in Peoria. Damarious Matthews, 20, was taken into custody and take...
Julia Bradley Jan 10, 2022

Update: Several local schools return to remote learning
MINONK, Ill. — Students at Fieldcrest CUSD #6 will learn from home this week, due to COVID related concerns. The district said on Facebook Sunday that they will share more information on logisti...
Julia Bradley Jan 10, 2022
Strong demand pushes Rolls-Royce sales to a record high in 2021
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce, a unit of Germany's BMW, said on Monday its sales soared 49% to a record high in 2021 despite the global coronavirus pandemic, as demand w...
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Natural disasters cost insurers $120 billion in 2021, Munich Re says
By Tom Sims and Alexander Hbner FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Marked by devastating hurricanes and cold snaps in the United States, 2021 proved the second-most costly year on record for the world's insurers, ...
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Sterling hits highest since February 2020 versus euro
(Reuters) - Sterling on Monday hit its highest level against the euro since February 2020 amid rate rise expectations and easing fears about the adverse impact of the Omicron variant on the economy. A...
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Analysis-Argentina’s strategy toward IMF deal hits a wall of doubt
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - Argentina's insistence on its deficit spending plan is putting it on a fresh collision course with the International Monetary Fund, though analysts predict the c...
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EU banking profitability above pre-COVID levels, says watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - Banks in the European Union became more profitable in the third quarter of 2021, with government support during the pandemic helping to push down the number of loans that turn sour,...
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China urges its consumer goods firms to make more ‘innovative’ products
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industry ministry on Monday proposed guidelines that it said it hoped could encourage its consumer goods enterprises to be more innovative with their products, giving examp...
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Peoria, IL, USA
51 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Mist
