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World Bank chief Banga says Gaza conflict is economic shock ‘we don’t need’
MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) - World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Thursday that the Israel-Gaza conflict is an unnecessary global economic shock that will make it harder for central banks to achi...
Oct 10, 2023
Spike in Treasury yields clouds Biden, Fed hopes for smooth return to normal
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as the U.S. economy bounds along, rising interest rates on government bonds could threaten the plans of elected officials and central bankers who though...
Oct 10, 2023
Former Circuit Judge Joe McGraw to run for 17th District seat
ROCKFORD, Ill. - Recently retired Circuit Court Judge Joe McGraw is announcing his candidacy for Illinois' 17th Congressional District as a Republican candidate. Republican Ray Estrada, a Galesburg bu...
Oct 10, 2023
US Supreme Court turns away challenge to media defamation protections
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by a prominent former West Virginia mining company executive to make it easier for public figures to sue for defama...
Oct 10, 2023
Finland says “outside activity” likely damaged gas pipeline, telecoms cable
OSLO (Reuters) - A subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia have both sustained damage, and the location of the outage has been identified, the Finnish governm...
Oct 10, 2023
California baseball star Steve Garvey makes bid for US Senate as Republican
By Sharon Bernstein and Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California baseball legend Steve Garvey launched a campaign on Tuesday as a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat that was held by t...
Oct 10, 2023
Factbox-How Ireland’s new sovereign wealth fund will work
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland detailed on Tuesday how it plans to turn some of Europe's healthiest public finances into a 100 billion-euro($106 billion) sovereign wealth fund to ease future healthcare, p...
Oct 10, 2023
AMD to acquire AI software startup in effort to catch Nvidia
By Max A. Cherney (Reuters) - AMD said on Tuesday it plans to buy an artificial intelligence startup called Nod.ai as part of an effort to bolster its software capabilities. In its race to catch rival...
Oct 10, 2023
Athletics-Nine-year-old sets parkrun age world record
LONDON (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Louis Robinett set a 5km parkrun world record for his age in Dorset, England on Saturday, finishing in 17 minutes, 40 seconds to better the previous mark set in Califo...
Oct 10, 2023
Fed’s Perli says balance sheet run down still has a ways to go
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is not close to the point where it will need to slow or stop its balance sheet wind down process, and it remains unclear right now when that will ne...
Oct 10, 2023
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