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First Solar picks Alabama for new solar factory
(Reuters) - Top U.S. solar panel manufacturer First Solar Inc on Wednesday said it has chosen Alabama as the home of its fourth domestic factory, giving the state a $1.1 billion investment that will c...
Nov 16, 2022
Austrian banker fights extradition to U.S. on money laundering charges
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - The former chief executive of an Austrian bank who faces charges in the United States in relation to a bribery and money laundering conspiracy involving Brazilian const...
Nov 16, 2022
Bill protecting same-sex marriage clears first procedural hurdle in U.S. Senate; voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill ensuring federal recognition of same-sex marriages received enough votes to clear the first procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, after months of bipartisan ...
Nov 16, 2022
Europe fund launched to pool Venezuela bondholders
(Reuters) - Luxembourg-based Canaima Fund Lux has launched an investment vehicle that aims to pool European holders of defaulted bonds issued by Venezuela and its state-owned oil firm Petroleos de Ven...
Nov 16, 2022
IMF sees Nicaragua’s economy expanding by 3% next year
(Reuters) - Nicaragua's economy is forecast to grow 3% in 2023, down from expected growth of 4% this year, the International Monetary Fund said in a statement released on Wednesday, adding its economi...
Nov 16, 2022
Fed’s Waller: Ongoing wage increases could make inflation more persistent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Wednesday he is concerned that the outbreak of inflation since 2021 has raised wage pressures going forward in ways that coul...
Nov 16, 2022
UK orders sale of microchip factory by China’s Nexperia, citing national security
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government on Wednesday ordered Chinese-owned technology company Nexperia to sell at least 86% of Britain's biggest microchip factory, Newport Wafer Fab, following a nati...
Nov 16, 2022
PFD: Electrical fire leads to thousands in damage to Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria fire officials say a home sustained $90,000 dollars in damage as the result of an electrical fire Wednesday afternoon. It happened around noon at a two-story house at 6875 ...
Nov 16, 2022
IDOT: ‘Winter Weather, Get it Together’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The weather we’ve seen in central Illinois the past few days might be a dress rehearsal for what’s to come — at least, as far as the Illinois Department of ...
Nov 16, 2022
Oath Keepers defendant compares storming of U.S. Capitol to ‘Black Friday’
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of the far-right Oath Keepers told a jury on Wednesday that she got "swept up" in the moment when she stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, compar...
Nov 16, 2022
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