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Americans fed up with robocalls; complaints jump 25%
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans were more annoyed by robocalls and other telemarketing calls last year, lodging a 25% increase in complaints with a federal regulator. The U.S. Federal ...
Jan 05, 2022
Exclusive-Walmart halves paid leave for COVID-positive workers, extends hybrid work guidelines
By Siddharth Cavale and Richa Naidu (Reuters) - Walmart Inc will now provide up to one week of paid time-off if a worker contracts COVID-19, instead of its earlier policy for up to two weeks, accordin...
Jan 05, 2022
Music’s Grammy Awards indefinitely postponed as Omicron spreads
(Reuters) - This year's Grammy Awards ceremony honoring top performances in music has been postponed indefinitely because of concerns about the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, organiz...
Jan 05, 2022
Ghislaine Maxwell’s prosecutors seek inquiry into juror’s sexual abuse claim
By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors who last week won Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction for her role in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses on Wednesday asked the trial ju...
Jan 05, 2022
State pays back COVID-19 related loan early, saving money
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – It’s something the State of Illinois has been doing a lot of in recent years, and is doing again. The state has paid back a federal COVID-19-related loan that was used ...
Jan 05, 2022
U.S. doctors group calls out CDC for ‘confusing’ isolation guidance
(Reuters) - The American Medical Association (AMA) on Wednesday criticized the government's guidelines on quarantine and isolation in the United States, saying the guidance was "confusing" and risked ...
Jan 05, 2022
Nike sues Lululemon over Mirror Home Gym, apps
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nike Inc on Wednesday filed a lawsuit accusing Lululemon Athletica Inc of patent infringement for making and selling the Mirror Home Gym and related mobile apps. The lawsuit was f...
Jan 05, 2022
Explainer-Why a niche fuel market reform triggered major Kazakh protests
(Reuters) - Kazakhstan's slow-burning government reform of a niche market for car fuels brutally backfired this week, triggering the biggest public protests in years as demonstrators accused authoriti...
Jan 05, 2022
Fed may need to hike rates faster, reduce balance sheet quickly, minutes show
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials said last month that the U.S. labor market was "very tight" and might need the U.S. central bank not just to raise interest rates s...
Jan 05, 2022
Ex-Trump press secretary Grisham to meet with Jan. 6 committee -source
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham will meet on Wednesday evening with the U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the...
Jan 05, 2022
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