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California truckers protest ‘gig worker’ law at busiest U.S. seaport
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Independent truckers who ferry goods to and from the nation's busiest seaport complex in Southern California on Wednesday stopped work to protest a state law ...
Jul 13, 2022
Actor Kevin Spacey due in London court charged with sex offences
LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is due to appear in a London court on Thursday where he is expected to enter a plea to accusations of sex offences dating back almost 20 years. Spac...
Jul 13, 2022
UK house price growth falls to lowest since March 2021 – RICS
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices rose at their slowest pace in more than a year last month as buyer demand softened slightly although the overall breadth of price increases re...
Jul 13, 2022
More Japan firms to pass on costs of rising commodity prices, weak yen- Reuters poll
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Four out of five large Japanese firms are passing on higher commodity costs to customers or intend to do so, a Reuters poll found, a sharp rise from the previous...
Jul 13, 2022
Canada’s Rogers CEO vows investments to avoid repeat of massive outage
(Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc has pledged to make the investments needed to avoid massive outages of the kind that crippled customer communications across Canada last week. The Canadian teleco...
Jul 13, 2022
Chile’s central bank raises interest rate to 9.75%
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate to 9.75% on Wednesday, from 9.0% previously, and said it expected more rate hikes would be necessary as it looks to rein in...
Jul 13, 2022
Twitter says it is not planning big layoffs
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc is not looking at company-wide layoffs but could likely continue to restructure the business, the social media company said in a filing on Wednesday. The filing comes a day aft...
Jul 13, 2022
Results in primary election certified; PPS board member loses seat by 19 votes
PEORIA, Ill. – The results are now official, and a Peoria Public School Board member has, as far as the total is concerned, officially lost his seat. The Peoria County Election Commission has ce...
Jul 13, 2022
IAC says June digital revenue at media arm hit by weak advertiser demand
(Reuters) - IAC/InterActiveCorp said on Wednesday June digital revenue at its media arm Dotdash Meredith was impacted by softening advertiser demand, as well as site migrations delays and sales force ...
Jul 13, 2022
Former CIA engineer convicted in WikiLeaks espionage case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former CIA software engineer was convicted on Wednesday of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks from the spy agency, in one of the biggest such thefts...
Jul 13, 2022
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