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Biden to visit Hawaii on Monday, meet with wildfire survivors -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Hawaii on Monday to survey damage from the deadly wildfires that ravaged the resort town of Lahaina, the White ...
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Silicon Motion to seek damages after MaxLinear scraps deal
(Reuters) - Taiwan-based Silicon Motion on Wednesday blamed MaxLinear for breaching their merger agreement and said it would seek damages in excess of the termination fee from the U.S. company. MaxLin...
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Schumer: Government funding resolution agreement with McCarthy is ‘good sign’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday said he met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy a few weeks ago and agreed to a resolution that could extend current federal...
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US single-family housing starts surge in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding surged in July amid an acute shortage of previously owned houses, but mortgage rates climbing back to near two-decade highs could stifle demand f...
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Canada July housing starts slip by 10%- CMHC
(Reuters) - Canadian housing starts slipped by 10% in July compared with the previous month, which had produced the strongest figures in ten years, data from the national housing agency showed on Wedn...
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Safaricom launches M-Pesa mobile money service in Ethiopia
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Safaricom's M-Pesa mobile money service went live in Ethiopia on Wednesday, in a boost to the Kenyan telecoms operator as it seeks to kickstart growth in one ...
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Factbox-Travis King: What happened to other U.S. soldiers who defected to North Korea?
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Wednesday confirmed it is holding U.S. Army Private Travis King after he crossed the border from South Korea last month while on a tour, but did not elaborate on what ...
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GM backs EV battery startup as it shifts future focus to cheaper materials
By Akash Sriram and Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors is investing in a Silicon Valley startup to help it speed development of a more affordable battery chemistry for its future electric...
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China will strengthen policy coordination to meet growth target – state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will strengthen the coordination of various policies to boost growth and meet this year's economic target, according to a cabinet meeting cited by state media on Wednesday. T...
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Researchers use cloud to replicate supercomputer for heart disease study
By Max A. Cherney (Reuters) - A scientist at Harvard used Google's cloud platform to clone a supercomputer for a heart disease study, in a novel move that other researchers could follow to get around ...
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