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Health Department says new COVID cases trending upward, but may not be as bad as last year
PEORIA, Ill. – Local health officials are concerned about what they see as another uptick in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County area, after weeks where increases weren’t as high. P...
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U.S. Justice Dept sues Texas over law curbing voting
By Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas on Thursday over a state law that places strict curbs on voting by mail, in the latest effort by th...
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Delta bookings soar in six weeks after U.S. move to open borders
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines has seen a 450% surge in international bookings in the six weeks since Sept. 20 when the United States said it would reopen for fully vaccinated visitors. The White House h...
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More U.S. workers bought their employers’ stock in pandemic- study
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) - More U.S. workers bought shares in their companies through employee stock purchase plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study from Rutgers Univer...
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Monte dei Paschi CEO says it is better to hurry with capital raising
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian government should hasten plans to help Monte dei Paschi raise cash on the market, the CEO of the Tuscan bank said, after the government failed to clinch a...
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Square quarterly profit jumps on bitcoin boost
(Reuters) - Square Inc reported a nearly 60% rise in third-quarter gross profit on Thursday, fueled by a jump in bitcoin transactions on its peer-to-peer payment service Cash App. The payments firm, w...
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U.S. judge sets Jan 4 for Prince Andrew to seek dismissal of sex abuse civil lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday scheduled a Jan. 4, 2022 hearing where lawyers for Britain's Prince Andrew are expected to argue for a dismissal of Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit accusing th...
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Occidental Petroleum doubles profit on higher oil prices
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Occidental Petroleum Corp more than doubled its profit to $836 million in the third quarter, compared with the previous three months, the company said in a filing. Oil producers hav...
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Delivery app Rappi says no action taken regarding eventual IPO
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Delivery app Rappi said on Thursday it has taken no action yet regarding an eventual initial public offering, after co-founder Juan Pablo Ortega was quoted in media reports saying t...
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‘The Rock’ says he won’t use real guns in films anymore
By Omar Younis (Reuters) - Hollywood action star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson said on Wednesday he would not use real guns in his movies anymore after a fatal shooting incident involving actor Alec Baldw...
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