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Brazil’s Petrobras beats quarterly profit, margin estimates
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras smashed second quarter profit and margin estimates, boosted by divestments and higher margins in its natural gas business, the company said on Thursday. I...
Jul 28, 2022
Inflation pressure hurts UK business confidence: Lloyds
LONDON (Reuters) - British business confidence fell this month to its lowest since March 2021 as companies worried about inflation, while pay pressures also increased, according to a survey on Friday....
Jul 28, 2022
Washington mayor requests troops to aid with migrant arrivals from Texas and Arizona
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested the deployment of military troops to assist with migrants arriving on buses sent by the Texas and Arizona state govern...
Jul 28, 2022
Analysis: South Korea’s sudden property slump tests world’s most indebted consumers
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's property market has abruptly gone from sizzling hot to floundering, piling pressure on some of the world's most debt-saddled consumers as the sector expe...
Jul 28, 2022
Analysis: South Korean inflation raises risk of widening worker unrest
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - For years, a separate class of South Korean shipyard workers - hired through contractors - say they endured wages barely one-third regular workers', got no paid sick lea...
Jul 28, 2022
Man wanted for Galesburg homicide
GALESBURG, Ill. – Authorities in Galesburg say an arrest warrant is out for the man they believe shot and ultimately killed another man early Sunday morning. Galesburg Police say a warrant charg...
Jul 28, 2022
Former City Council candidate not charged with Domestic Battery
PEORIA, Ill. – A former candidate for Peoria City Council has been cleared of charges accusing him of assaulting a woman. Peoria County Circuit Court records indicate prosecutors never formally ...
Jul 28, 2022
U.S. Congress passage of subsidies prompts chip makers to move on projects
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Major semiconductor makers on Thursday hailed passage in the U.S. Congress of a pot of federal government money for new chip factories in the United States, and said the...
Jul 28, 2022
Invasive frog and snake species cost world economy $16 billion, study shows
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) - Two invasive species, the American bullfrog and the brown tree snake, cost the world an estimated $16 billion between 1986 and 2020 by causing problems ranging fro...
Jul 28, 2022
Brazil’s Vale posts decline in quarterly profit but beats expectations
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Thursday its second-quarter net income fell 18.9% from the previous year, hit mainly by a sharp decline in iron ore prices, but nonetheless trounci...
Jul 28, 2022
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