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Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway speeds up stock buybacks
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc has stepped up its pace of stock buybacks, repurchasing more than $1.8 billion of its own stock this year. In its proxy filing o...
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FDIC to relaunch sale of SVB, moves toward break-up plan -sources
By David French (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) is planning to relaunch the sale process for Silicon Valley Bank after failing to attract buyers in its latest auction, with ...
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Portugal’s Delta Cafes founder Rui Nabeiro dies at 91
LISBON (Reuters) - Rui Nabeiro, the founder of Portugal's largest roasted coffee retailer Delta Cafes and one of the country's top entrepreneurs, has died at the age of 91, the company said on Sunday....
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Iraq, OPEC stress need to coordinate to stabilise prices
CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais stressed the need to coordinate among oil-exporting nations to ensure prices do not fluctuat...
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UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse for more than $2 billion – FT
(Reuters) -UBS has agreed to buy Credit Suisse after increasing its offer to more than $2 billion, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. UBS will pay more than 0.50 francs ($0.5401) a share in its o...
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Former Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein says US banking crisis will slow growth
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said on Sunday the banking crisis in the United States was going to expedite overall credit tightening and slow the U....
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U.S. lawmakers to examine hike in FDIC bank deposit insurance cap
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three prominent U.S. lawmakers on banking matters said on Sunday that they would consider whether a higher federal insurance limit on bank deposits was needed to...
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Two major banks in Europe worry about contagion, look to regulators for reassurance – sources
By Stefania Spezzati and Elisa Martinuzzi LONDON (Reuters) - At least two major banks in Europe are examining scenarios of contagion possibly spreading in the region's banking sector and looking to th...
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2022 breaks records for film/TV production in Illinois -Pritzker
CHICAGO, Ill. – You know all the “Chicago” shows legendary TV producer Dick Wolf puts out? They’re largely produced in Illinois, and the shows helped contribute to the state...
Will Stevenson Mar 19, 2023
Possibility of Trump’s arrest builds sympathy among his supporters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The possibility that Donald Trump may be charged for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 campaign is garnering sympathy for the Republican f...
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Peoria, IL, USA
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