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Gulf central banks raise rates after Fed’s third big hike in a row
DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf central banks raised their key interest rates on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve delivered its third consecutive three-quarter percentage point hike, with Brent droppin...
Sep 21, 2022
Two-thirds of U.S. Senate votes to approve Kigali Amendment to global environmental treaty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two-thirds of the U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to recommend ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, a global environmental treaty. The amendment would p...
Sep 21, 2022
IDB board sees ’emerging consensus’ that Claver-Carone should be removed – source
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Inter-American Development Bank's board of directors is reaching an "emerging consensus" that its president Mauricio Claver-Carone should be removed after a...
Sep 21, 2022
Explainer-Trump was sued by New York’s attorney general. What legal woes does he face?
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump, three of his adult children and his family company were sued on Wednesday for what New York state's attorney general called a decade of fra...
Sep 21, 2022
2 Dunlap schools named National Blue Ribbon Schools
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The state says two schools in the Dunlap School District are among the best in the nation. The Illinois State Board of Education says Hickory Grove and Ridgeview Elementary S...
Sep 21, 2022
Fed’s Powell: U.S. housing market headed for ‘correction’
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said the U.S. housing market will probably go through a "correction" after a period of "red hot" price increases that have put home ownersh...
Sep 21, 2022
UK tax cuts risk ‘unsustainable’ debt rise – think tank
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Liz Truss's plans to cut payroll taxes and reverse a planned increase in corporation tax risk putting Britain's national debt on an unsustainable upward path, the Ins...
Sep 21, 2022
Kraken taps insider Ripley to replace CEO Powell
(Reuters) - Crypto exchange Kraken said on Wednesday Chief Operating Officer Dave Ripley would replace top boss Jesse Powell, who is stepping down after more than a decade at the helm. Ripley, who joi...
Sep 21, 2022
Saudi Central Bank raises key interest rates by 75 bps
(Reuters) - The Saudi Central Bank said on Wednesday it increased its key interest rates by 75 basis points, moving in tandem with the U.S. Federal Reserve's hike as the Saudi riyal is pegged to the d...
Sep 21, 2022
Amazon Web Services Mexico to open ‘local zone’ in Q1 2023
By Valentine Hilaire MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Amazon Web Services Mexico, a unit of Amazon.com Inc, will open a "local zone" in the first quarter of 2023 to boost bandwidth for its clients, Country Dir...
Sep 21, 2022
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