Author Archives: TJ Carson
Moderna CEO defends $130 COVID vaccine price in Senate hearing
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc's chief executive on Wednesday defended the company's plan to quadruple the price of its COVID-19 vaccine, telling U.S. lawmakers it will no longer have the economies of scale ...
Mar 22, 2023 FILE PHOTO: CEO of Moderna Stephane Bancel looks up at the session "State of the Pandemic" during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Putin, Xi pledge friendship but talks yield no Ukraine breakthrough
(Reuters) - Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin emerged from two days of talks on Tuesday with warm words of friendship between China and Russia and joint criticism of the West, but no sign of a diplomatic ...
Mar 21, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Astapkovich/Kremlin via REUTERS
City of Peoria to pick up illegally placed signs
PEORIA, Ill. - If your campaign or business sign is in a spot where it shouldn't be, the city of Peoria will be taking it. Public Works will start removing signs deemed illegally placed starting Wedne...
Mar 21, 2023 (25 News)
Judge to Trump: Trial date in NY civil fraud case 'written in stone'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge on Tuesday rejected former U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to delay the scheduled Oct. 2 trial in state Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit, cal...
Mar 21, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Area counties lead way on corn and soybean production
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Some of the best counties for corn and soybean production in the United States are in central Illinois. Data released from the USDA for 2022 county estimates shows Illinois as the ...
Mar 20, 2023 Alabama Extension
Amazon deepens tech-sector gloom with another 9,000 layoffs
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Monday said it would axe another 9,000 roles, piling on to a wave of layoffs that has swept the technology sector as an uncertain economy forces companies to get leaner. ...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Amazon.com logo and stock price information is seen on screens at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York City, New York, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
US House Republicans launch investigation of Manhattan DA in Trump probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Republicans went on the offensive on Monday against a possible criminal indictment against Donald Trump, launching an investigation into the New Yor...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen in the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's offices as he continues his investigation into former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 18, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Gas prices increase in Peoria-area
PEORIA, Ill. - Gas prices in the Peoria-area are trickling upward. GasBuddy says the average price of a gallon of unleaded is around $3.62, a 5.6 cent increase from a week ago. The average is 6.5 cent...
Mar 20, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Uncertainty reigns as Fed considers interest rate hike
(Reuters) - Traders and economists remain split on whether the Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark policy rate on Wednesday, as more actions by the world's major central banks to stem banking str...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the Federal Reserve Bank in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
FDIC to break up SVB, seeks separate sale of private unit
(Reuters) -The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday decided to break up Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and hold two separate auctions for its traditional deposits unit and its private bank after...
Mar 20, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A security guard stands outside of the entrance of the Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small/File Photo
