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Chicago banker accused of arranging risky loans to Paul Manafort goes on trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former chief of a Chicago bank will go on trial on Tuesday on charges he gave millions of dollars of risky loans to Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in or...
Jun 22, 2021
U.S. fast-food chains cut discounts, push pricy meals post-pandemic
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Restaurant chains including McDonald's Corp and KFC are paring back $5-and-under "value" items in favor of more expensive $10-to-$30 combination meals, a strategy e...
Jun 22, 2021
Vivendi shareholders approve contested share buyback and cancellation program
PARIS (Reuters) - Shareholders of French media giant Vivendi approved on Tuesday a contested proposal that allows group to buy back and cancel shares for up to 50% Vivendi's capital. The proposal rece...
Jun 22, 2021
Flocks of students touring U.S. capital signal life is returning to normal
By Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Athena Tedder, 13, dangled her feet in the fountain of the World War II memorial on the Washington Mall and watched her classmates splash and laugh, soaking ...
Jun 22, 2021
UK factories see fastest output growth on record, price pressure growing – CBI
LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturers reported the strongest growth in output on record but also expect to raise their prices at the fastest pace in nearly 40 years, according to a survey which add...
Jun 22, 2021
Factbox-What you need to know about New York City’s mayoral contest
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tuesday's primary election for New York City mayor could be the most momentous in a generation, as the Big Apple struggles to emerge from a devastating pandemic. Here...
Jun 22, 2021
Explainer-What is ‘ranked-choice voting,’ the new system for New York’s mayoral election?
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - When New York City voters go to the polls on Tuesday to select their party's mayoral nominee, they will fill out a new kind of ballot that allows them to pick up to five candi...
Jun 22, 2021
U.S. lawmakers likely to press Powell on Fed’s ‘hawkish’ turn
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday will testify in a congressional hearing likely to focus on how the U.S. central bank is balancing rising infla...
Jun 22, 2021
Bollore scores win as Vivendi investors back Universal spin-off
By Mathieu Rosemain and Gwnalle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) -Shareholders in Vivendi overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday the French media giant's plan to spin off its prized Universal music business, in a w...
Jun 22, 2021
Native Americans decry unmarked graves, untold history of boarding schools
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Clarence Smith was fresh off a 24-hour bus trip from his Blackfeet reservation in Montana to the Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota in the late 1980s, where he was sent...
Jun 22, 2021
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