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Fed’s Brainard: Controlling inflation is ‘most important task’
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - Controlling inflation that has spiked to nearly a 40-year high is the "most important task" facing the Federal Reserve right now, Fed Governor Lael Brain...
Jan 12, 2022
Pritzker: Hospitals are getting temporary help to address COVID-caused short-staffing
CHICAGO, Ill. – Governor JB Pritzker has a message for what he says are continually-tired healthcare workers in the state still treating patients while in some cases themselves battling COVID-19...
Jan 12, 2022
EU’s von der Leyen in new push for women’s quota on company boards
(Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will make a new push at boosting women's representation on companies' boards, trying to unblock legislation for a women's quota which has...
Jan 12, 2022
Americans grapple with prolonged testing woes amid Omicron surge
By Brad Brooks and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Long lines snake around entire city blocks as Americans scramble to get tested for COVID-19. At-home testing kits fly off the shelves at pharmacies and dru...
Jan 12, 2022
U.S. House panel seeks testimony from Republican leader McCarthy about Jan. 6 attack
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - The U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol asked House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday to voluntarily answer questions about...
Jan 12, 2022
Labor talks begin Thursday on national U.S. refinery workers contract
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Negotiators for the United Steelworkers union and Marathon Petroleum Corp, which is representing oil refiners and chemical makers, are scheduled to begin talks on Thu...
Jan 12, 2022
IMF’s Georgieva sees U.S. inflation declining in second quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Inflation in the United States is expected to decline in the second quarter of this year, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday. "...
Jan 12, 2022
Microsoft hires key Apple engineer to design server chips – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp hired a key Apple Inc engineer to design its own chips for its servers, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The software giant ...
Jan 12, 2022
OSF: ‘Influx’ of patients because of competing hospital closure
GALESBURG, Ill. – Peoria-based OSF HealthCare says, in a sense, they had a fear the closure of a competing hospital in one of their areas might happen. OSF says Saint Mary Medical Center in Gale...
Jan 12, 2022
Fed’s Bullard sees four U.S. rate hikes this year
(Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard on Wednesday upped his view of how fast the U.S. central bank should tighten monetary policy, saying he now believes four interest ra...
Jan 12, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
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