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Park District clarifies plans for Glen Oak Park
PEORIA, Ill. — A few weeks ago, the Peoria Park District announced possible changes at Glen Oak Park, including the removal of the amphitheater, but the wording wasn’t what it seemed. R...
Julia Bradley Aug 17, 2021
Shanghai cracks down on ‘black mouth’ online stock manipulators
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Internet and securities watchdogs in China's financial hub Shanghai have waged a campaign against "black mouths", commentators who try to manipulate stock prices with online posts...
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Uber partners with GetUpside to offer promotions to drivers, delivery people
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it had partnered with retail technology startup GetUpside that would allow its drivers and delivery people in the United States get cashbacks and disc...
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Gritstone secures funding for COVID-19 vaccine against variants
(Reuters) - Gritstone bio Inc said on Tuesday it had entered into a funding agreement of up to $20.6 million with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to advance its vaccine prog...
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Over 600 Afghans cram into U.S. cargo plane in desperate flight from Kabul
By John Geddie (Reuters) - More than 600 Afghan men, women and children, crouching and crammed up against each other on the floor of a U.S. military plane, left Kabul after the city was seized by Tali...
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Lebanese parliament speaker calls for session to discuss fuel shortages
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri called for an open session for Friday to discuss appropriate action to face the country's crippling fuel shortage, as requested by President...
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U.S. to press on with Afghan evacuations over coming weeks -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is still committed to its drawdown in Afghanistan and will seek to evacuate as many U.S. citizens and Afghan interpreters as possible in coming weeks, Pentagon...
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IKEA starts selling renewable energy to households in Sweden
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - IKEA, the world's biggest furniture brand, is branching out into selling renewable energy to households, starting with home market Sweden in September. Ingka Gr...
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Futures slip ahead of retail sales data
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday ahead of data that is likely to show the pace of the U.S. economic recovery slowed, while Home Depot kicked off the retail earnings season on a dou...
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Spain gets tranche of 9 billion euros in EU COVID recovery fund, Lithuania 289 million
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain on Tuesday received its first tranche of money amounting to 9 billion euros ($10.6 billion) from the 800 billion euro EU Recovery Fund meant to help the bloc recover from th...
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