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US banks, tech firms offer support for Israel victims, announce aid
By Lananh Nguyen and Aditya Soni (Reuters) - As big U.S. corporations kicked off corporate earnings season this week, executives addressed the Israel-Hamas conflict and some companies launched fundrai...
Oct 13, 2023
Private equity backed US peach farm files for bankruptcy to pursue sale
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prima, a private-equity backed farmer that is the largest producer of peaches and other stone fruit in North America, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...
Oct 13, 2023
Advocates push for guns to be taken from domestic abusers when order of protection served
CHICAGO (Capitol New Illinois) - As lawmakers prepare to return to Springfield later this month for their annual two-week fall veto session, advocates are pushing for a measure that would require law ...
Oct 13, 2023
House lawmakers urge US airlines to quickly resume flights to Israel
(Reuters) - More than 30 U.S. lawmakers on Friday urged the chief executives of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to resume flights to Israel "as soon as possible." The three U.S....
Oct 13, 2023
US SEC does not plan to appeal court decision on Grayscale bitcoin ETF -source
By Chris Prentice and Hannah Lang NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will not appeal a recent court ruling that found it was wrong to reject an application from Gra...
Oct 13, 2023
Idaho bill restricting trans students’ restroom use can take effect -judge
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal judge has allowed an Idaho law requiring public-school students to use the bathroom corresponding to their assigned sex at birth to take effect, while also all...
Oct 13, 2023
Chinese embassy criticizes Costa Rica for 5G company restrictions
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rican officials are undermining economic ties with China after authorities from the Central American country deemed Chinese companies a cybersecurity threat to the developme...
Oct 13, 2023
Musk’s X illegally fired worker over tweet protesting office return, NLRB alleges – Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's X illegally fired an employee in retaliation for her internet posts challenging its return-to-office policy, the U.S. labor board alleged in its first-ever formal complaint aga...
Oct 13, 2023
Pfizer slashes 2023 revenue forecast on lower COVID sales; will cut expenses, jobs
(Reuters) -Pfizer on Friday slashed its full-year revenue forecast by around 13% and launched a $3.5 billion cost cutting program due to lower-than-expected sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment...
Oct 13, 2023
US Nobel-winning poet Louise Gluck dead at age 80
(Reuters) -Louise Gluck, a renowned poet who won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 2020, has died at age 80, according to media reports on Friday that cited her editor as a source. Her poetry was known ...
Oct 13, 2023
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