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Tesla hit by another lawsuit over racism by ex-worker
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former Tesla construction manager has filed a lawsuit against the electric car company alleging he was fired for reporting widespread safety violations and r...
Feb 22, 2022
Ahmaud Arbery’s family fought for a trial that made racism central to his murder
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - For months, local prosecutors took no action after three white men jumped in their trucks and chased Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black jogger, through their Georgia neighborho...
Feb 22, 2022
Man charged with 23 counts of Business Burglary
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police say they now have a man in custody who’s been wanted nearly two weeks for allegedly breaking into a downtown-area business. Police say Edmund Miera, 43, was ar...
Feb 22, 2022
Two winter systems blast the U.S. with heavy snow, gusty winds
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two major winter storms will dump heavy snow and blow fierce winds in the Midwest, New England and Southwestern United States on Tuesday and into the next couple...
Feb 22, 2022
Brazil central bank chief says higher interest rates are supporting FX
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Tuesday that higher interest rates are supporting financial inflows, strengthening the Brazilian currency. Addressing a con...
Feb 22, 2022
Nestle to double investments in Brazil in 2022 as it expands output capacity
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Nestle SA said on Tuesday it will almost double its investments in Brazil in 2022 from a year earlier as it builds a new pet food factory and looks to expand its overall industri...
Feb 22, 2022
ECB may need to cut short bond buys: Reinesch
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank may need to end its bond buys sooner than earlier thought given mounting inflation risks, ECB policymaker Gaston Reinesch said, joining a growing number...
Feb 22, 2022
Three Fed banks voted to increase discount rate in January
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Directors at three regional Federal Reserve banks voted in January to increase the interest rate charged to commercial banks for emergency loans by a quarter of a percentage ...
Feb 22, 2022
Brazil meatpacker Marfrig proposes shareholder Molina, Santander’s Rial for BRF board
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian meatpacker BRF SA said on Tuesday that Marfrig Global Foods SA proposed appointing its controlling shareholder Marcos Molina as BRF's chairman and Santander Brasil's Ch...
Feb 22, 2022
U.S. market fallout from Russia-Ukraine strife may be brief, some strategists say
By Davide Barbuscia and Devik Jain (Reuters) - As the S&P 500 hovers near correction territory, Wall Street is gauging the further effect of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on asset prices, wi...
Feb 22, 2022
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