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Bank of Canada’s inflation fight made harder as bond yields fall
By Fergal Smith and Steve Scherer TORONTO (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada likely faces a challenge in 2023 convincing markets not to expect a swift reversal in its interest rate hiking campaign, as the...
Dec 15, 2022
Pelosi undecided if U.S. House will take up TikTok government device ban bill
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she had yet to decide whether the U.S. House of Representatives will join the Senate in backing legislation to bar fede...
Dec 15, 2022
ECB’s Lagarde offers back-to-back rate hikes to woo dissenters
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde offered fellow policymakers back-to-back interest rate hikes worth 50 basis points each to secure a majority for Thursday's poli...
Dec 15, 2022
U.S. Senate set to address cocaine sentencing disparity in funding bill
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Negotiators in the U.S. Senate have reached a tentative deal to narrow sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine and plan to tuck the measure into...
Dec 15, 2022
Rivermen’s future at Peoria Civic Center still up in the air
PEORIA, Ill. — The future of the Peoria Rivermen remains in question, as both the hockey team and the Peoria Civic Center try to come to agreement over where the team will be next season. 5th Di...
Dec 15, 2022
Yellen, China’s ambassador discuss economic developments, U.S. Treasury says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met with China's ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, on Thursday to discuss their "views on global macroeconomic and financial develo...
Dec 15, 2022
Unilever says litigation with Ben & Jerry’s board has ‘been resolved’
By Richa Naidu and Jessica DiNapoli LONDON (Reuters) -Unilever said on Thursday that its litigation with the independent board of Ben & Jerry's over the sale of its Israeli ice cream business has "bee...
Dec 15, 2022
Shell and Eneco win right to build large Dutch offshore windfarm
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A joint venture of Shell and Dutch energy company Eneco has won the right to build an offshore wind farm with a capacity of 756 megawatts (MW) in the North Sea, the Dutch governme...
Dec 15, 2022
Sony plans smartphone sensor factory in Japan – Nikkei
(Reuters) - Sony Group Corp is considering building a new factory to make smartphone image sensors in the Kumamoto prefecture of Japan, Nikkei reported on Thursday. The company plans to break ground o...
Dec 15, 2022
Russia’s SPB Exchange plans to expand trading in Chinese shares
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - SPB Exchange plans to offer trading in more than 500 Hong Kong-listed Chinese shares in 2023 and expand to markets such as India, Brazil and South Africa, the he...
Dec 15, 2022
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