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Hedge funds’ short-covering of tech bets is 2nd biggest in a decade – banks
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge funds betting against stocks in the technology sector rushed to unwind those trades in the first half of February as markets rallied, data from Goldman Sac...
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Japan finance minister: BOJ nominees selected with eye on price target, wages
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's government picked academic Kazuo Ueda as new central bank chief on expectations he can help keep inflation on target and sustain economic growth and wage ...
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South Korea looking into bonuses at insurers, card firms – Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's financial regulator is looking into bonus schemes at major insurance and credit card companies as the government calls for firms with strong profits to help poor people...
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Google, Twitter, Meta face tougher EU online content rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc and Twitter face stricter EU online content rules according to monthly user numbers published by the comp...
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Australia’s central bank says further rate rises needed
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's top central banker on Friday reiterated further increases in interest rates would be needed in the months ahead to ensure sky-high inflation returns to the 2%-3% target ...
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U.S. gives farmers shorter window to spray crop chemical dicamba
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it had slightly shortened the window for farmers in major soybean-producing states to use a weedkiller cri...
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Woman pleads guilty to fatal 2021 West Peoria crash
PEORIA, Ill. – A Washington woman has pleaded guilty to her role in an accident that claimed the life of a man on a motorized bicycle almost two years ago. Peoria County Court records indicate D...
Will Stevenson Feb 16, 2023
8-bit to theme park: Super Mario warps into Universal Studios Hollywood
By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Universal Studios Hollywood visitors can leap over to the new Super Nintendo World and see Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto's M...
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U.S. official says Russia’s crude output cut signals unsold oil
By Arathy Somasekhar and Stephanie Kelly HOUSTON (Reuters) -Russia's decision to cut crude oil production by 500,000 barrels per day reflects its inability to sell all of its oil, Ben Harris, a U.S. T...
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Man enters plea in fatal January crash
PEORIA, Ill. – A Hanna City man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of causing a fatal accident near the Shoppes at Grand Prairie last month. Jeremy Perry, 43, was arraigned Thursday ...
Will Stevenson Feb 16, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
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