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California braces for another run of extreme heat
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A record-breaking heat wave is expected to hit California on Wednesday, bringing temperatures of up to 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46C) in the state's in...
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Century-old family photo studio preserves Ghana’s history in black and white
By Francis Kokoroko and Cooper Inveen (Reuters) - A generation before the Gold Coast became Ghana, local photographer J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije opened a small studio in the then-colonial capital Accra, w...
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Volkswagen to trim executive board to nine members in bid to sharpen focus – sources
By Jan Schwartz HAMBURG (Reuters) - Volkswagen's supervisory board agreed on Tuesday evening to remove two seats from the carmaker's 12-person management board, three people familiar with the matter s...
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JPMorgan’s Frankfurt offices searched as part of ‘cum-ex’ probe – spokesperson
(Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase & Co's Frankfurt offices were visited by German authorities this week, a bank spokesperson confirmed, as long-running probes into one of the country's biggest post-war financ...
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Klarna’s half yearly operating loss rises
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish payments company Klarna said on Wednesday its half-yearly operating loss more than tripled weighed down by an increase in employee costs, higher credit losses and continu...
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Foreign business travel missing ingredient for Irish hotel recovery – Dalata
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Executives at Ireland's large hub of multinational companies are still only going on a small fraction of the foreign business trips they made before the COVID-19 p...
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Euro zone inflation hits yet another record high in August
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation rose to another record high this month, beating expectations and solidifying the case for further big European Central Bank rate hikes even before pries peak ...
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Italy picks Certares-led bid for exclusive ITA Airways talks
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's government has picked a bid by U.S. private equity fund Certares and backed by Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines Inc to start exclusive talks over the sale of a majority sta...
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China’s Netease to buy French video games maker Quantic Dream
PARIS (Reuters) - China's Netease has announced it will take over French video games studio Quantic Dream, which is working on an upcoming Star Wars game. "Quantic Dream, led by David Cage and Guillau...
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ByteDance stock option offering price lowered amid slowing growth -sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - TikTok owner ByteDance is launching a new stock option granting programme for its employees that according to two sources lowers its prices by 20% from the 2021 plan, as the Chines...
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