By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Four days after a Roman Catholic bishop was found shot to death in his suburban Los Angeles home, prosecutors on Wednesday charged the husband of the cleric’s housekeeper with murdering the prelate, the district attorney’s office said. David O’Connell, 69, a native of Ireland and one of several …
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(Reuters) – The White House is considering two economists who held senior Treasury Department posts in the Obama administration for the No. 2 job at the Federal Reserve, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Both Janice Eberly and Karen Dynan served as the chief economist at Treasury during Barack Obama’s presidency and are well …
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By Maki Shiraki and Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s biggest automaker, said on Wednesday it would accept a union demand for the biggest base salary increase in 20 years and a rise in bonus payments, as Japan steps up calls for businesses to hike pay. As one of Japan’s biggest employers, …
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By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing for a second straight day a bid to hold internet companies accountable for contentious content posted by users, this time involving a lawsuit against Twitter Inc by the American relatives of a Jordanian man killed in a Istanbul nightclub …
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By Aatrayee Chatterjee and Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) -TJX Cos Inc forecast annual profit below analysts’ expectations on Wednesday, as the off-price retailer faces pressures from supply chain costs as well as stubbornly high inflation, which could likely dampen consumer spending. With U.S. consumer prices, rental housing and food costs still climbing, retailers have become …
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By Mrinmay Dey and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it had completed its $3.5 billion takeover of primary care provider One Medical, a day after a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) official announced that the agency would not challenge the deal. The acquisition, announced last July, gives the online retailer a virtual …
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(Reuters) – Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights in the United States on Wednesday as a strong winter storm makes its way through the western and central states. A total of 1,035 flights within, into or out of the United States were canceled by 0915 am ET, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware, which showed 932 …
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By Moira Warburton (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Jon Tester of Montana launched his 2024 reelection bid on Wednesday, in a plus for Democrats, who are seeking to defend their slim 51-49 Senate majority but will face challenges in several battleground states next year. Tester, 66, who has represented Montana in the U.S. Senate since 2007, is …
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By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria’s economic growth slowed to 3.52% in the fourth quarter from 3.98% a year earlier, as widespread flooding destroyed farms, oil production declined and industry was squeezed by rising costs, the statistics office said. Double-digit inflation and a weaker naira currency have held back Africa’s biggest economy as it has …
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(Reuters) – Contract research firm Charles River Laboratories said on Wednesday that it had received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice over an investigation into the supply of non-human primates from Cambodia. The DoJ had in November charged members of an international primate smuggling ring with multiple felonies for their role in bringing …
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