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UK businesses report weakest growth since last lockdown – CBI
LONDON (Reuters) - British businesses have reported their weakest growth since the country was under lockdown earlier this year and they expect a further slowdown in early 2022, the Confederation of B...
Dec 22, 2021
Japan to unveil record $943 billion budget to ensure post-COVID recovery – draft
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is set to unveil on Friday its largest ever annual budget with $943 billion in spending for the fiscal year beginning in next April, further straining the industri...
Dec 22, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court to take up Biden vaccine mandate cases
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up disputes over the Biden administration's nationwide vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandate for large busines...
Dec 22, 2021
Juvenile victim listed in stable condition after downtown Peoria shooting
Peoria, Ill — A juvenile has suffered non-life threatening injuries in a shooting reported late Wednesday near downtown Peoria. Peoria Police Public Information Officer Semone Roth says officers...
Dec 22, 2021
U.S. military landlord pleads guilty to fraud, resolving probe – Justice Dept.
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said it resolved probes into Balfour Beatty Communities, one of the U.S. military's largest private landlords, after it pleaded guilty on Wedn...
Dec 22, 2021
Deadline to join drug distributors’ $21 billion U.S. opioid settlement extended
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The three largest U.S. drug distributors announced on Wednesday an extension to a key Jan. 2 deadline for cities and counties to join a proposed $21 billion settlement resol...
Dec 22, 2021
Australia’s Syrah Resources soars on graphite supply deal with Tesla
(Reuters) - Syrah Resources Ltd said on Thursday it had signed a four-year deal to supply graphite anode materials to electric carmaker Tesla from its plant in the U.S. state of Louisiana, sending the...
Dec 22, 2021
Allianz invests $871 million in Heimstaden’s Sweden property portfolio
(Reuters) - Allianz Real Estate said on Wednesday it had invested 7.9 billion Swedish crowns ($870.88 million) in Heimstaden Bostad's portfolio of properties in Sweden that it recently acquired from i...
Dec 22, 2021
Tazewell County ‘salt dome’ to be replaced following severe weather outbreak
TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. – A building damaged in the recent tornado outbreak that claimed lives in other parts of Illinois is getting rebuilt. Our news partner 25 News reports the salt storage faci...
Dec 22, 2021
Brazil’s Sinqia acquires software provider NewCon for $75 million
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian financial technology provider Sinqia SA said on Wednesday it had bought NewCon, a local developer of software for consortiums, in its largest acquisition worth 422.5 mi...
Dec 22, 2021
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