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‘Stamp Out Hunger’ success for Peoria Food Bank
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria once again makes a “special delivery” to those in need. The annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive last weekend collected 67,000 pounds of food for the Peoria Area ...
May 19, 2023
Factbox-Pilots, airlines seek to strike new contracts ahead of peak travel season
(Reuters) - North American pilots are pushing for better pay and working conditions during their talks over new employment contracts with company managements. Members at some unions have voted to auth...
May 19, 2023
Column-Lithium slump puts China’s spot price under the spotlight: Andy Home
By Andy Home LONDON (Reuters) - High-flying lithium has come crashing back to earth. A super-charged two-year rally, which saw Chinese spot lithium carbonate prices rise by tenfold, went into brutal r...
May 19, 2023
Cloud-based Restaurant365 hits unicorn status after $135 million funding round
(Reuters) - U.S. cloud-based restaurant manager Restaurant365 has turned a 'unicorn' after a $135 million funding round, the company said on Friday. The new round of funding was co-led by global inves...
May 19, 2023
ECB needs to keep interest rates ‘sustainably high’ to combat inflation – Lagarde
By Jess Aguado MADRID (Reuters) - The European Central Bank needs to keep interest rates high to curb inflation in the medium term, its president Christine Lagarde said on Friday, signalling more mone...
May 19, 2023
India’s forex reserves edge towards $600 billion, hit near 1-year high
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's foreign exchange reserves rose for a third consecutive week and stood at $599.53 billion for the week ended May 12, their highest level since early June, the Reserve Bank of...
May 19, 2023
Foot Locker slumps as weak demand, heavy discounts drive annual forecast cut
(Reuters) - Shares of Foot Locker Inc plunged 25% premarket on Friday, after the footwear retailer cut its annual sales and profit forecasts reeling under a sharp drop in demand and a hit from heavy d...
May 19, 2023
In New Mexico, an unlikely wildfire thinning alliance
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. Reuters) - A unexpected alliance between traditional woodcutters and federal land managers in New Mexico could provide a model for a push by President Joe Biden's administrati...
May 19, 2023
Japan’s Hitachi Astemo flags lapses in quality tests over decades
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese automotive supplier Hitachi Astemo said on Friday it found misconduct over testing and other procedures for components had lasted as long as four decades, affecting a much w...
May 19, 2023
Exclusive-Staff at top U.S. farm research center file complaint alleging unsafe work conditions
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Three employees of the largest agricultural research facility in the U.S. have filed federal whistleblower complaints alleging that the facility's conditions are hazardous ...
May 19, 2023
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