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Explainer-What is the FDIC’s deposit insurance fund used to backstop failed banks?
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) and its flagship deposit insurance fund have been active since the Great Depression to provide an orderly resolution for failed ban...
Mar 27, 2023
Factbox-First Citizens BancShares, buyer of flailing rivals
(Reuters) - First Citizens BancShares Inc, a regional bank that has built a reputation of buying troubled rivals, is in the spotlight after it agreed to buy failed Silicon Valley Bank. The deal comes ...
Mar 27, 2023
Authorities identify arrested and victim in off-campus WIU shooting
MACOMB, Ill. – We’re learning more about the, so far, one person arrested after a weekend shooting near Western Illinois University in Macomb. Police say Donnell Williams, 23 of Macomb, is...
Mar 27, 2023
Israeli opposition leaders say ready for dialogue
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli opposition parties gave a cautious welcome to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to delay his flagship judicial reform package and said they would work to reach...
Mar 27, 2023
Netanyahu right-wing partner says delaying judicial reform is a mistake
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A key right-wing partner in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition said it opposed delaying the government's judicial reform plan but still respected his decision t...
Mar 27, 2023
Russia warns Armenia against allying with ICC after Putin arrest warrant – RIA
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Russia has warned Armenia of "serious consequences" if it submits to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which has issued an arrest warrant f...
Mar 27, 2023
UK welcomes Israeli PM Netanyahu’s move to pause judicial reform
(Corrects to last week, not earlier this week, in fourth paragraph) LONDON (Reuters) -British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly praised Israel's decision to pause legislation to reform its judiciary on...
Mar 27, 2023
US will not back off Syria mission despite deadly attacks -White House
By Jeff Mason and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not back away from its nearly eight-year-old deployment to Syria, where it is battling the remnants of Islamic State, despi...
Mar 27, 2023
National Education Union asks teachers in England to reject new pay offer
LONDON (Reuters) -The National Education Union (NEU) on Monday recommended that its members in England reject a government pay offer of a one-off payment this year of 1,000 pounds ($1,227) and an aver...
Mar 27, 2023
U.S. brand management firm Bluestar Alliance buys Scotch & Soda label
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Bluestar Alliance, a U.S. brand management company, said on Monday it has acquired the Scotch & Soda clothing brand from its Dutch owner for an undisclosed sum. Scotch & Soda fil...
Mar 27, 2023
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