US consumer sentiment slides to six-month low in May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment sagged to a six-month low in May amid growing anxiety about inflation, unemployment and interest rates, a survey showed on Friday. The University of Michigan's preliminary reading on the overall index ...
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Pacers coach Rick Carlisle fined $35K for ripping officials
The NBA fined Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle $35,000 on Friday for "public criticism of the officiating and questioning the integrity of the league and its officials." Carlisle said the Knicks were receiving preferential treatment as a big-ma...
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Exclusive-Biden to put tariffs on China medical supplies - sources
By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - The Biden administration is expected to issue new tariffs on Chinese-made medical devices like syringes and personal protective equipment when it unveils its new trade strategy next week, accordin...
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Canada to give C$76 million to help buy air defenses for Ukraine
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will contribute C$76 million ($55.7 million) to a German-led initiative that aims to quickly source and deliver air defense systems to Ukraine to fend off Russian attacks, Defence Minister Bill Blair said on Friday. Blair ...
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Fed's Logan says US monetary policy may not be tight enough
By Ann Saphir NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan on Friday said it's not clear if monetary policy is tight enough to bring inflation down to the U.S. central bank's 2% goal, and it is too soon to be cutt...
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Coach Dan Campbell to miss Lions' rookie minicamp
The Detroit Lions will hold rookie minicamp this weekend without coach Dan Campbell, who is away from the team for unspecified personal reasons. Campbell is expected to return to the team later this month, the Detroit Free Press reported Friday. The n...
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Brazil inflation slightly exceeds forecasts in April as pace of rate cuts slows
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's annual inflation continued to trend down but slightly less than expected in April, official data showed on Friday, in the first consumer price readings after the nation's central bank voted to reduce the pace of its i...
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Beach Boys book covers 60 years of sun, surf and Good Vibrations
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - The Beach Boys share their story in a new book chronicling their rise from a small garage band formed in a Los Angeles suburb in the early 1960s to one of the world's greatest groups. "The Beach Boys by The Beach B...
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Britain's Prince William says wife Kate is 'doing well'
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William said on Friday his wife Kate was "doing well" in a rare public comment about the Princess of Wales as she undergoes preventative chemotherapy for cancer. Kate announced in March she was having treatment a...
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US CFTC seeks to ban derivatives bets on elections, calamities
By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday was poised to propose a ban on listed derivatives used to bet on U.S. elections and other major real world events, its chair said. The agency is s...
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