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Robinhood revenue surges as higher rates bolster interest income
(Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc reported a 47% jump in its first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as the U.S. Federal Reserve's rapid rate hikes boosted the online brokerage's interest income. Higher i...
May 10, 2023
Nordstrom names Target veteran Cathy Smith as CFO
(Reuters) -Nordstrom Inc on Wednesday named former Target Corp CFO Cathy Smith as its new finance chief. Smith will take over from interim Nordstrom CFO Michael Maher on May 29. The U.S. retailer gets...
May 10, 2023
Brazil prosecutors charge 16 in alleged soccer match-fixing scheme
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state prosecutors charged 16 people, including seven professional soccer players, with alleged match-fixing, in what threatens to be one of the largest such scandals si...
May 10, 2023
State’s Attorney explains conviction in ‘bodyless murder’ case
PEORIA, Ill. – She calls it a “first of its kind” conviction for her office — a man convicted of murder, while the body hasn’t been found. Peoria County State’s Att...
May 10, 2023
Son of jailed Hong Kong activist, U.S. congressman slam UK, Vatican over rights weakness
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The British son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and a leading Catholic U.S. congressman criticized Britain and the Vatican on ...
May 10, 2023
Future ECB rate moves will be “more marginal”, says Villeroy
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has travelled most of the way in its campaign to raise interest rates, French ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday, adding that fur...
May 10, 2023
Airbnb’s gloomy forecast weighs on hotel, airline stocks
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gloomy forecast from vacation rental firm Airbnb weighed on travel-related stocks on Wednesday as an expected slowdown in bookings signaled an impending slump i...
May 10, 2023
City Council approves land purchase for potential future parking
PEORIA, Ill. – There could be some more apartments, and more parking, in Peoria’s Warehouse District at some point in the future. The Peoria City Council voted Tuesday night to purchase tw...
May 10, 2023
Analysis-China keeps up campaign to pressure critics abroad despite Western backlash
By Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is facing a growing backlash from the United States and other Western governments over its controversial efforts t...
May 10, 2023
Feinstein says she will work a lighter schedule on return to U.S. Senate
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said on Wednesday she is ready to resume her duties but with a lighter schedule, after missing nearly three months du...
May 10, 2023
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