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...task: combating a narrative that companies are fleeing the region....
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...She only joined EY in 2010 and was promoted to Cleveland managing partner just four years later before stepping up to lead the US Central region in 2018....
...The shooter aimed from a rooftop in downtown Highland Park, a town on the north shore of Lake Michigan about 30 miles from Chicago’s central business district....
...John Robinson, a fourth-generation soyabean and corn farmer in central Illinois, said more investor involvement could prove valuable....
...Cheese lovers will delight in Central Coast Creamery’s Goat Gouda, as well as cheddar-style Barely Buzzed rubbed with lavender and espresso beans, while prepared foods including vegetable quiches, hearty...
...Other states in the region that saw daily increases at or near records on Friday included Illinois, Indiana and South Dakota....
...Betsy Ziegler, chief executive of Chicago’s technology entrepreneurship incubator 1871, says the community is influenced by the values of its region....
...For example, Illinois imposed restrictions before Wisconsin did....
...“CRRC’s first North American facility and its success is critical to our city and region’s economy, bringing back manufacturing and skilled labour,” Springfield mayor Domenic Sarno wrote....
...In central corn belt states, such as Iowa and Illinois, farm loan repayment rates are declining amid a “decidedly downcast outlook for agriculture”, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports....
...“They stem from what the UK offers global capital markets more generally — a central timezone, a respected legislative and judicial system and a deep global talent pool,” he said....
...The US central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee increased the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter point to 1.25-1.5 per cent....
...A committee in Paris will decide on Wednesday which city will win the right to host the event, whose predecessors spawned a host of eye-catching projects, such as the Eiffel Tower and the world’s first Ferris...
...Analysts said more hawkish comments from MS Brainard could raise the odds of a move by the central bank as early as this month....
...The intrusion comes after the alleged Russian hack of the Democratic National Committee which led to the leak of thousands of emails discussing the election campaign....
...(Politico) Anti-Trump forces see opening at RNC The #NeverTrump camp needs the backing of 28 rules committee members to allow a full convention vote on unbinding delegates – and to throw open the door to...
...US politics Elsewhere, the 2016 US presidential race remains in focus as Republican and Democratic hopefuls head for March 15 primaries, with voting in Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio...
...Wendell Shauman, 70, who farms 1,000 acres of corn and soyabeans near the Mississippi river in western Illinois, says he would prefer for the mega deals not to go ahead....
...visit to North Korea’s border region....
...Mississippi will also vote on Tuesday, followed one week later by votes in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio....
...Ken Wright, president of State Bank of Bement in central Illinois, said farmers were seeing tighter credit lines....
...The latest transaction-fee legislation is stuck in a House committee. CME does not hide its political clout....
...The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has pulled Boston from the race to host the 2024 Olympics in the face of mounting political opposition to a bid....
...Yet a central pillar of the strategy — a concerted push to promote “clean”, fuel-efficient diesel-powered vehicles in the US — was built on a deception....
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