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CME Group to lay off 3% of its workforce, reallocate positions
(Reuters) - CME Group, the world's largest derivatives exchange, eliminated about 100 positions, or 3% of its workforce, this week while reallocating some positions, a spokesperson said on Friday. "Th...
Jul 21, 2023
USS Canberra: US commissions first Navy warship in foreign port
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, the first time a U.S. Navy vessel joined active service at a foreign port, as the two close allies step u...
Jul 21, 2023
Bringing Private King home: reaching Pyongyang is the first challenge
By Simon Lewis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has never been easy for the United States to secure the return of citizens from North Korea, one of the world's most isolated nations. The...
Jul 21, 2023
Investor Leon Black settles with US Virgin Islands over Epstein probe
(Reuters) - Apollo Global Management Inc co-founder Leon Black paid $62.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to avoid any legal claims tied to a Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation, the New ...
Jul 21, 2023
American Airlines increases offer to pilots by $1 billion, matching United
(Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc on Friday said it raised the value of its contract offer to pilots by more than $1 billion to match a more generous deal at United Airlines after American's uni...
Jul 21, 2023
Delaware court sets Oct. 23 start for Citgo share auction process
By Marianna Parraga and Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) -A federal court in Delaware set Oct. 23 as the start date for a long-expected auction of shares in Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum's ...
Jul 21, 2023
At sweltering Phoenix Zoo, showers for owls and icy treats for monkeys
By Liliana Salgado PHOENIX (Reuters) - On Day 22 of temperatures in Phoenix exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius), a Eurasian eagle owl enjoyed a prolonged shower on Friday while monkeys and h...
Jul 21, 2023
Fire crews put out a blaze at an East Peoria home. Here’s what we know
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – About $20,000 in damage was done to an East Peoria home that ended up on fire Friday afternoon. Crews were called to a home near Meadow Avenue and Garden Street around just a...
Jul 21, 2023
US VP Harris blasts Florida ‘extremists’ over education guidelines about slavery
By Jeff Mason and Brad Brooks (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized Florida "extremists" on Friday for backing educational guidelines that taught "revisionist history" about slavery...
Jul 21, 2023
Booz Allen to pay $377.4 million to settle US charges over past billing practices
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-based consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Holding agreed to pay the United States $377.4 million to resolve allegations of violating federal law by improp...
Jul 21, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
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