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Suspect in decade-old murders on New York’s Long Island in custody, NBC reports
(Reuters) - New York authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with serial killings more than a decade ago that targeted sex workers and others whose bodies were strewn along a Long Island bea...
Jul 14, 2023
Factbox-Hottest spots in U.S. as heat wave blankets Southwest
(Reuters) - More than 100 million Americans are facing a prolonged spell of sweltering weather into next week, with the National Weather Forecast issuing heat advisories for cities and towns countrywi...
Jul 14, 2023
US consumer sentiment near two-year high in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment jumped to the highest level in nearly two years in July as inflation subsided and the labor market remained strong, a survey showed on Friday. The Univer...
Jul 14, 2023
US IRS chief says budget cuts would reduce ability to pursue tax cheats
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel said on Friday that a Republican plan to cut the agency's annual budget would reduce its ability to ramp ...
Jul 14, 2023
FTC faces uphill battle in Microsoft/Activision appeal
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) bid to temporarily block Microsoft's $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard must clear some...
Jul 14, 2023
American Airlines, JetBlue to halt codeshare flights starting July 21
(Reuters) - American Airlines said Friday it has begun to wind down its Northeast Alliance with JetBlue Airways after a U.S. judge's order in May that it end the agreement. JetBlue said last week it w...
Jul 14, 2023
Canadian home sales rise at slower pace as BoC resumes rate hikes
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian home sales rose in June as more homes became available for sale, but the pace of sales growth cooled compared to recent months as the Bank of Canada restar...
Jul 14, 2023
EU Commission sticks to US economist pick for senior antitrust job
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission stuck to its guns on Friday, saying it was not reconsidering EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's pick of a U.S. economist to a senior j...
Jul 14, 2023
One in four UK single parent households unable to afford food
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - More than a quarter of Britain's single parent households have recently run out of food and been unable to afford more, according to a survey from the country's st...
Jul 14, 2023
U.S. banks point to resilient but slowing economy, flag risks ahead
(Reuters) - Some of the largest U.S. banks got a profit boost from higher interest rates and pointed to early signs of recovery in investment banking but warned that the economy was slowing and losses...
Jul 14, 2023
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