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DHL expects freight rates to stay high in 2022
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - German logistics company Deutsche Post DHL does not expect freight costs to ease this year and is advising customers to agree longer-term contracts as a hedge, the head of the ...
Jan 20, 2022
Oath Keepers member charged with U.S. Capitol riot sedition to seek release
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of the far-right Oath Keepers group charged with seditious conspiracy https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-arrests-far-right-militia-group-oath-keepers-lea...
Jan 20, 2022
Pekin Council censures Orrick on sexual harrassment claim
PEKIN, Ill. — The Pekin City Council has publicly censured longtime council member Lloyd Orrick after the city’s ethics committee found Orrick sexually harassed a fellow councilwoman. Coun...
Jan 20, 2022
Ryanair expects higher Europe fares in the sector this summer
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair expects a 10-15% fall in available short-haul seats across Europe next summer to push up average fares in the sector compared to pre-pandemic levels, a senior executive told...
Jan 20, 2022
Bills targeting Big Tech to go before U.S. Senate panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is set to decide Thursday whether the full Senate should vote on two bills aimed at reining in tech giants like Alphabet's Google and Meta's ...
Jan 20, 2022
China says will roll out more steps to boost effective demand – state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will roll out more steps to boost effective demand, state media on Thursday quoted Premier Li Keqiang as saying. China's economy faces new downward pressure and increased unc...
Jan 20, 2022
Market, Omicron risks pose new challenge for Fed policy pivot
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials, having plotted what seemed a clear battle plan against high inflation, must now contend with fresh signs the coronavirus is a...
Jan 20, 2022
Microsoft-Activision deal gives merger speculators a new darling
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Hedge funds that earn returns speculating on precarious acquisitions were handed a gift this week when Microsoft Corp agreed to buy "Call of Duty" maker Activision B...
Jan 20, 2022
Minnesota jury to decide if Chauvin’s colleagues had duty to stop deadly Floyd arrest
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) - The federal prosecution of three former Minneapolis police officers who took part in the deadly arrest of George Floyd begins on Thursday in a trial that turns on when an...
Jan 20, 2022
EU to propose microchips law in early February, EU chief says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will propose a draft legislation for the regulation of microchips in Early February, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday, a...
Jan 20, 2022
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