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Mexico stands firm on energy policy after Canada joins U.S. demand
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday said his government had not violated a regional trade agreement, responding to news that Canada had joined a U.S. dema...
Jul 21, 2022
Two injured in Peoria County crash
PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. — Peoria County Sheriff’s deputies shut down both north and southbound lanes of Rt. 40 and Cedar Hills early Thursday morning for an accident. Peoria County Sheriff Chr...
Jul 21, 2022
Euro zone stocks choppy as ECB starts rate hike with a big stride
By Susan Mathew and Devik Jain (Reuters) - Euro zone stocks slipped in volatile trading on Thursday as investors assessed the impact of an aggressive 50 basis point interest-rate hike by the European ...
Jul 21, 2022
South Africa raises rates more than forecast; decision split
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's central bank raised its main lending rate more than expected on Thursday, by 75 basis points to 5.50% to try to keep a lid on inflation. This was the fifth meet...
Jul 21, 2022
Brazil’s federal tax revenue grows 17.96% for record June
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's federal tax revenue in June totaled 181.040 billion reais ($33.14 billion), a 17.96% rise in real terms over the same month last year, the revenue service said on Thursda...
Jul 21, 2022
Vale Indonesia, China’s Huayou sign agreement with Ford for nickel plant
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Nickel miner Vale Indonesia, China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt and U.S. car maker Ford Motor signed a non-binding memorandum of cooperation to build a plant in Indonesia to extract ni...
Jul 21, 2022
Lula courts Brazil’s farmers ahead of vote, angering environmentalists
By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is luring allies from Brazil's powerhouse farm sector to his presidential campaign, looking to ...
Jul 21, 2022
Airbnb co-founder Gebbia steps back from full-time operating role
(Reuters) - Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia has decided to step back from his "full-time operating role" at the vacation rental firm to focus on his family and documentary filmmaking, he said in a note t...
Jul 21, 2022
Brazil crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin to expand into Mexico this year, says CEO
By Paula Arend Laier SAO PAULO (Reuters) - SoftBank-backed Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin is set to enter the Mexican market by the end of the year, as part of a plan to expand elsewhere in...
Jul 21, 2022
Meta’s Facebook revamping main feed to attract younger users
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms said on Thursday it was revamping the main feed on its Facebook app to prioritize "discovery" of new content, instead of posts from accounts users follow, in a bid to style ...
Jul 21, 2022
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