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Amgen CEO says U.S. Medicare out-of-pocket cap will improve access
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - A proposed cap on out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare recipients would improve patient access, but allowing the U.S. government health plan for seniors to negotiate pric...
Nov 03, 2021
Fed’s Powell: Will take some time to assess nature of post-COVID job market
(Reuters) - Gaining a full understanding of how job market dynamics have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will take some time, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday. Powell,...
Nov 03, 2021
Hispanic-owned businesses get Discover Peoria spotlight
PEORIA, Ill. – The Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is moving to another important part of the city’s resident and business population. After recent work to highlight black-owned...
Nov 03, 2021
U.S. woman who aided Bali ‘suitcase’ murder arrested in Chicago
(Reuters) - An American woman deported from Indonesia after serving prison time for her role in her mother's 2014 "suitcase" murder was arrested on Wednesday on conspiracy charges when her plane arriv...
Nov 03, 2021
Fed’s Powell: Could reach maximum employment by mid-2022
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said it is possible the U.S. job market may have improved enough by the middle of next year to be considered at "maximum employment," a key...
Nov 03, 2021
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey wins a second term – city election results
(Reuters) -Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey won a second term in Tuesday's election, emerging from a crowded field of candidates after a tumultuous year dominated by the aftermath of George Floyd's murder...
Nov 03, 2021
U.S. FCC approves Boeing bid to deploy satellites for broadband service
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday said it had approved Boeing Co's application to launch and operate 147 satellites to provide high-speed broadband intern...
Nov 03, 2021
Some parents eager, others unsure as COVID-19 shot approved for kids
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - As soon as Anna Weber Kneitel learned San Francisco Bay Area pharmacies had opened appointments for COVID-19 vaccines for young children, she booked the closest one she...
Nov 03, 2021
Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways signs 1.73 billion euro supply deal with GE, Safran JV
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Bamboo Airways on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with a joint venture between General Electric and Safran SA for the purchase of aircraft engines and equipm...
Nov 03, 2021
FOMC announces scale back of pandemic bond buying
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it will begin trimming its monthly bond purchases in November with plans to end them in 2022, but held to its belief that high inflation woul...
Nov 03, 2021
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