| Friday, August 28th, 2020 |
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| Great Lakes steel production rose by 16,000 tons last week, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Read more |
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| Elevate Ventures, an Indianapolis-based venture capital company, awarded $164,000 in grants to encourage entrepreneurship around the state, including in the Region. Read more |
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| The Lake Central School Corp. recently struck a deal with Franciscan Health to provide sports medicine services after its high school, alon… Read more |
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| Newcastle Homes – NWI, Inc. became a franchisee of Arthur Rutenberg Homes, a network of independently owned and operated franchised homebuilders in Indiana, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Texas that dates back to 1953. Read more |
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| Porter County Community Foundation President and CEO Bill Higbie has been appointed to serve on Porter Regional Hospital’s Board of Trustees. Read more |
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LONDON (AP) — Britain is preparing to revise its laws to allow the emergency use of any effective coronavirus vaccine before it is fully licensed — but only if the shots meet required safety and quality standards. Read more |
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| Have you noticed your buying power has fallen? Read more |
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| SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is tightening social distancing restrictions in the greater capital area, requiring restaurants to provide only deliveries and takeouts after 9 p.m. and shutting down gyms and after-school academies. Read more |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers increased their spending by 1.9% last month, a dose of support for an economy struggling to emerge from the grip of a pandemic that has held back a recovery and kept roughly 27 million people jobless. Read more |
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| LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles plans to file criminal charges over recent parties in the Hollywood Hills, held despite a city ban on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more |
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| TOKYO (AP) — Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, said Friday he is stepping down because a chronic health problem has resurfaced. He told reporters that it was “gut wrenching” to leave many of his goals unfinished. Read more |
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