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Sports betting tax becomes battleground between Chicago and state lawmakers
Article Summary Chicago's new 10.25% tax on sports bets is facing bipartisan pushback in the Illinois General Assembly as lawmakers support bills that would block Chicago and other municipalities from...
TJ Carson Mar 16, 2026
Factbox-Key players in UniCredit's pursuit of Commerzbank
MILAN/FRANKFURT, March 16 (Reuters) - UniCredit made a low-ball unsolicited bid for Commerzbank on Monday to pressure it into merger talks and unlock an 18-month stalemate over what would be one of th...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
EBRD weighs support to cushion emerging economies from Iran war fallout
(Refiles to remove all caps copy from text, no other changes to text) By Libby George and Karin Strohecker LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - Europe's top development bank, the EBRD, is considering support ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Trump administration asks judge to revisit ruling blocking subpoenas to Fed's Powell
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has asked a judge to reconsider his ruling that has effectively blocked a criminal investigation into U.S. Federal Reserve Chai...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Peoria Public Schools to feature two races for seats on the board in Tuesday's elections
PEORIA, Ill. - Tuesday's primary elections will determine each party's nominees for November races involving Congress, state representatives and senators, county board members, and more. But for voter...
TJ Carson Mar 16, 2026
Oscar-winner Sean Penn skips ceremony, takes train to Ukraine
(Fixes spelling in paragraph 10) KYIV, March 16 (Reuters) - Film star Sean Penn stepped out of a train carriage in central Kyiv on Monday, thousands of miles away from the glitz of Hollywood's Dolby T...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Bond investors, wary of Iran war, turn risk-averse ahead of Fed meeting
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, March 16 (Reuters) - Bond investors have shifted to a defensive stance since the Middle East war injected fresh risk into markets, with many loading up on short-t...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Saks Global secures $300 million bankruptcy funding, bondholders back five-year plan
March 16 (Reuters) - Saks Global said on Monday it has got access to $300 million more of its $1.75 billion bankruptcy funding package, and said an ad hoc group of bondholders has approved the luxury ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Trump says Fed should hold meeting to cut rates now
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that the U.S. Federal Reserve should hold a "special meeting" to cut interest rates "right now." (Reporting by Bo Erick...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Charges dismissed for 2 of 'Broadview 6' ICE facility protesters
Article Summary A federal judge on Friday granted prosecutors' motion to dismiss charges against two of the "Broadview Six" who were charged with conspiracy stemming from a September protest outside a...
TJ Carson Mar 16, 2026
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