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Jay-Z, Timbaland, Ginuwine defeat soul musician’s copyright lawsuit
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - Rapper Jay-Z, producer Timbaland and R&B singer Ginuwine convinced a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from soul musician Ernie Hines, who alleged that they un...
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South Korea to allow foreign financial firms to trade won onshore
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it will begin accepting applications starting Oct. 18 from foreign financial institutions for permits to participate in the onshore dollar-won interbank m...
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Biden administration given more time to hold expanded Gulf oil and gas auction
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday gave the Biden administration until Nov. 8 to hold an expanded sale of oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico, extending a deadline ordered by a Louisiana ...
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Social media inspires Japanese women to dash into rickshaw pulling
By Mariko Katsumura and Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) - Photo essay: Rickshaw puller Yuka Akimoto breathlessly dashes down the streets of Tokyo under a scorching summer sun, two French tourists enjoying ...
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Ancient Maya grave found in Mexico as tourist rail project advances
By Carolina Pulice MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican archaeologists unearthed a richly adorned human body in a grave that could be more than 1,000 years old, in an area where workers were finishing cons...
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Civic Center: ‘Best year’ financially, great year for attendance
PEORIA, Ill. – 343. That’s the number of event days the Peoria Civic Center had in the just-ended fiscal year, according to General Manager Rik Edgar. And with that kind of busy-ness, Edga...
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David McCallum, ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ actor, dies at 90 -Variety
By Peter Cooney WASHINGTON (Reuters) - David McCallum, who became one of TV's biggest stars of the 1960s playing Russian spy Illya Kuryakin on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and then won over a new generat...
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United Steelworkers union chief Tom Conway dies at 71
(Reuters) - Thomas Conway, international president of the United Steelworkers (USW) union that represents 850,000 North American steel, paper, health, education and oil workers, has died at the age of...
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Banking group IIF to proceed with annual meeting in earthquake-hit Morocco
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Institute of International Finance said on Monday it would still hold its annual membership meeting in Marrakech on Oct. 12-14, following the World Bank and ...
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KKR adds former WeWork CFO to board
(Reuters) - KKR & Co on Monday added former finance chief of office-sharing startup WeWork, Kimberly Ross, to the company's board. The private equity firm said Ross's appointment as the independent di...
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