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Pret to serve suburbs, stations and motorways in shift from skyscrapers
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger plans to double in size over the next five years, replacing a previous UK focus on offices with expansion in regional and subu...
Sep 21, 2021
INEOS to switch Grangemouth to hydrogen in $1.4 billion pursuit of net zero
LONDON (Reuters) - INEOS said on Wednesday it will convert its vast Scottish petrochemicals plant and oil refinery at Grangemouth to run on hydrogen at a cost of more than 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billi...
Sep 21, 2021
Bill to fund U.S. government, suspend debt limit advances in House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democrat-backed bill to fund the U.S. federal government through Dec. 3 and suspend its borrowing limit until the end of 2022, cleared a House of Representatives procedural vo...
Sep 21, 2021
IMF says China has tools to avoid Evergrande’s problems becoming systemic crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said it is closely following developments surrounding China Evergrande Group, but believes Beijing has the tools to prevent the situat...
Sep 21, 2021
Entergy estimates repair costs of up to $2.6 billion from Hurricane Ida
(Reuters) - Entergy Corp said on Tuesday it expects restoration costs for electrical facilities damaged by Hurricane Ida to be between $2.1 billion to $2.6 billion. The energy company said Hurricane I...
Sep 21, 2021
Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's Defense Ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now after a governme...
Sep 21, 2021
U.S. railroad Amtrak to require employee COVID-19 vaccinations
(Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday it will require nearly all of its 18,000 employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Nov. 22. The railroad said in an email to employees th...
Sep 21, 2021
Splits among Democrats plague effort to pass Biden’s domestic agenda
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Divisions between progressives and moderates are bedeviling U.S. Democrats as they struggle to advance President Joe Biden's agenda, with the fate of the $3.5 ...
Sep 21, 2021
Mayor and Police Chief: recent shootings and other violence “unacceptable”
Peoria’s relatively new top cop says the Monday night’s fatal shooting, and two other shootings also reported in the night, weren’t the only ones that Peoria Police dealt with. ̶...
Sep 21, 2021
U.S. flood insurance rates to rise for 77% of policyholders -study
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Changes to the main U.S. flood insurance program will raise rates for 77% of policyholders, according to a new study issued on Tuesday, although property owners in some poor...
Sep 21, 2021
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