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Biden intends to nominate Uber critic to oversee gig worker rights
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden intends to nominate David Weil, who has supported government crackdowns on the workforce models of gig-economy companies like Uber Technologi...
Jun 03, 2021
Record-high number of U.S. small businesses can’t fill job openings – NFIB
By Evan Sully (Reuters) - Nearly half of U.S. small business owners reported unfilled job openings in May, marking the fourth consecutive month of record-high readings as finding qualified applicants ...
Jun 03, 2021
Sheriff’s deputies in Minneapolis fatally shoot murder suspect -local media
(Reuters) - Sheriff's deputies in Minneapolis shot and killed a man wanted for murder on Thursday afternoon in a parking lot, an incident that drew a small protest nearby, the Minneapolis Star Tribune...
Jun 03, 2021
PCCHD talks return to normalcy as Phase 5 looms
PEORIA, Ill. — As COVID-19 new cases, hospitalizations, and vaccinations continue to trend in the right direction in the tri-county area and Illinois, a return to some sort of normalcy looms on ...
Jun 03, 2021
UK’s Sunak ‘hugely optimistic’ about G7 agreement
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said he was very hopeful that a meeting of G7 finance ministers in London on Friday and Saturday would reach a concrete agreement on taxing larg...
Jun 03, 2021
Opposition decries ‘hostage’ video as Belarus airs confession of detained journalist
(Reuters) - Detained journalist Roman Protasevich appeared on Belarusian state television on Thursday, tearfully confessing to his role in anti-government protests in an interview which the opposition...
Jun 03, 2021
U.S. Post Service chief faces FBI probe over campaign fundraising
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating campaign fundraising activity involving a company that the head of the U.S. Postal Service formerly led, a spokesman for Postmaster ...
Jun 03, 2021
AstraZeneca’s Lynparza reduces relapse and death in breast cancer patients
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc's drug Lynparza reduced the risk of relapse and death in patients with breast cancer in a late stage trial, the British drugmaker said on Thursday. (Reporting by Mrinalika ...
Jun 03, 2021
Canada vows action, but no time frame, on violence against indigenous women
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Thursday it would direct more resources to First Nations police and address systemic racism in the justice system and law enf...
Jun 03, 2021
Investors see Biden’s 15% minimum tax offer as positive
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors hailed U.S. President Joe Biden's offer on Thursday to scrap his proposed 28% corporate tax hike as a move in the right direction and embraced the idea o...
Jun 03, 2021
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