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Central African Republic’s digital coin finds few buyers
By Rachel Savage LONDON (Reuters) - The sale of Central African Republic's first digital coin got off to a slow start, with just over 5% of the target bought in the hours after its launch, amid questi...
Jul 26, 2022
Brazil inflation data paints rosier picture after fuel tax cuts
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian consumer prices increased slightly less than expected in the month to mid-July, the country's statistics agency said on Tuesday, posting the lowest mo...
Jul 26, 2022
‘Orwellian’ facial recognition cameras in UK stores challenged by rights group
LONDON (Reuters) - Shoppers at a supermarket chain in southern England are being tracked by facial recognition cameras, prompting a legal complaint by a privacy rights group. Big Brother Watch said So...
Jul 26, 2022
Russia has not signaled space station withdrawal to NASA, U.S. official says
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia has not communicated to NASA its intent to withdraw from the International Space Station in 2024, a senior official with the U.S. agency told Reuters, as...
Jul 26, 2022
Drop in BlackRock’s support for environmental, social resolutions
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc, the world's No.1 asset manager, reported on Tuesday a sharp drop in its support for environmental and social-related shareholder resolutions, saying m...
Jul 26, 2022
IMF cuts global growth forecasts, warns high inflation threatens recession
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund cut global growth forecasts again on Tuesday, warning that downside risks from high inflation and the Ukraine war were materializ...
Jul 26, 2022
Omicron BA.5 makes up 82% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) - The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 81.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 23, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Jul 26, 2022
Micron Technology starts shipping its most advanced storage chip
(Reuters) - Micron Technology Inc on Tuesday said it started shipping its most advanced NAND flash chip made up of 232 layers of memory cells that can support intense data use from consumer gadgets, c...
Jul 26, 2022
Shopify to lay off 10% of workforce – WSJ
(Reuters) - Canada's Shopify is laying off 10% of its workforce, or about 1000 employees, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing an internal memo. Shares of the company fell 6.6% in tradi...
Jul 26, 2022
Asian investors bet on Haifa as Israel draws closer to Arab Gulf
By Ari Rabinovitch and Jonathan Saul HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - The city of Haifa is set to become an increasingly significant east Mediterranean shipping hub, with Chinese and Indian firms buying into...
Jul 26, 2022
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