Shyft Group’s new Blue Arc launching medium-duty electric vans, trucks
By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) -Michigan-based Shyft Group, a multi-brand manufacturer of medium-duty specialty vehicles, is preparing to launch production…
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House swaps and dog walks: Travelers find cheaper alternatives to lodging
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lillian Smith has spent about eight of the last 12 months traveling around…
France says it backs ongoing talks between Tunisia and IMF
PARIS (Reuters) – France backs the ongoing talks between Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund, the foreign ministry said on…
Boeing boosts 787 Dreamliner production rate to four a month
By Valerie Insinna CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Boeing Co has increased production of its widebody 787 Dreamliner from three…
US agency says 8.3 million homes, businesses lack access to high-speed broadband
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 8.3 million U.S. homes and businesses lack access to high-speed broadband internet, the…
Labor costs aren’t driving up inflation: SF Fed paper
Rising U.S. labor costs are doing little to drive up inflation, researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco…
Insurers’ climate alliance loses nearly half its members after more quit
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) -Three more insurance companies including Tokio Marine have left a United Nations-backed net-zero climate alliance,…
State Farm stops new home insurance sales in California as wildfire risks grow
By Noor Zainab Hussain (Reuters) – State Farm said it would stop selling new insurance policies to homeowners in California,…
Purdue Pharma can protect Sackler owners in opioid bankruptcy, court rules
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma can shield its owners, members of the wealthy…
France inaugurates first of four gigafactories in the north
BILLY-BERCLAU, France (Reuters) – France will inaugurate on Tuesday a battery-making gigafactory, the first of four such plants European and…