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TikTok delays changes to privacy policy on targeted ads in Europe
MILAN (Reuters) -TikTok is suspending privacy policy changes relating to how it targets advertising at users after a warning in Italy that it risked breaching European Union rules. TikTok had told use...
Jul 12, 2022
Short-seller Muddy Waters takes short position in renewable energy firm Hannon Armstrong
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. short-selling firm Muddy Waters said on Tuesday it had acquired an undisclosed short position in energy company Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital. Currently...
Jul 12, 2022
U.S. CDC director: BA.5 estimated to represent 65% of circulating COVID-19 variants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fast-spreading BA.5 sub-lineage of Omicron is estimated to make up 65% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of last week, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Jul 12, 2022
Cycling-Tour de France stage 10 neutralised after activists try to stop riders
MEGEVE, France (Reuters) - The 10th stage of the Tour de France was neutralised on Tuesday after half a dozen activists tried to stop riders on the road. The activists, one of them wearing a t-shirt s...
Jul 12, 2022
San Francisco reaches $54 million opioid settlement with Teva and Allergan
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Inc and AbbVie's Allergan business unit reached a $58 million opioid settlement with the city of San Francisco over claims that they fuele...
Jul 12, 2022
Brazilian ride-hailing app 99 to test electric car with China’s BYD
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian ride-hailing app 99 said on Tuesday it had signed a partnership with Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD to start testing an electric car developed for the app's ...
Jul 12, 2022
VW of America teams with Redwood on EV battery recycling
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Volkswagen Group of America is teaming with Nevada startup Redwood Materials to recycle batteries from VW and Audi electric vehicles in the United States, the companies sai...
Jul 12, 2022
BYD slumps on chatter Buffett’s Berkshire may have cut stake
(Reuters) - Hong Kong shares of BYD Co Ltd recorded their worst day in 20 months on Tuesday after Citibank's increased holding of the Chinese EV firm's stock sparked market chatter that Warren Buffett...
Jul 12, 2022
U.S. Attorney General names Colette Peters to lead Bureau of Prisons
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday named public safety and corrections veteran Colette Peters to lead the federal Bureau of Prisons, the office t...
Jul 12, 2022
White House to prioritize vaccine boosters, testing to combat Omicron subvariant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Tuesday it will ensure Americans continue to have easy access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and testing to contain the fast-spreading Omicron BA.5 suba...
Jul 12, 2022
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