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Airbnb makes ban on parties permanent
By Gigi Zamora (Reuters) - Airbnb Inc said on Tuesday it will make permanent its ban on parties in homes listed on its platform after seeing a sharp drop in reports of unauthorized gatherings since th...
Jun 28, 2022
Japan’s state-backed JIC hires SMBC Nikko for potential Toshiba deal -sources
By Makiko Yamazaki and Kane Wu TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - State-backed Japan Investment Corp (JIC) has hired SMBC Nikko Securities as its financial adviser for its pursuit of a potential equity inves...
Jun 28, 2022
Russia expands U.S. sanctions list to include Biden’s wife and daughter
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday expanded its U.S. 'stop-list', including in it the wife and daughter of President Joe Biden as well as other prominent figures. The step was taken "as a response t...
Jun 28, 2022
Tencent to explore hardware opportunities with extended reality unit
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Tencent Holdings said it saw multiple opportunities to explore extended reality (XR) technologies in the next 4-5 years and that it had set up a unit focused o...
Jun 28, 2022
Exclusive: PetroChina may sell Australian, Canadian assets to stem losses – sources
By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) - PetroChina may sell out from natural gas projects in Australia and oil sands in Canada to stem losses and divert funds to more lucrative sites in the Middle East, A...
Jun 28, 2022
Jobs in U.S. energy sector rose in 2021, work in low-carbon vehicles leads
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jobs in the U.S. energy business rose 4% last year, at a faster clip than the country's overall private sector, led by work in low-carbon vehicles, while positions in fossil fue...
Jun 28, 2022
White House says companies investing $700 million to boost EV charger production
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that companies are planning to invest more than $700 million to boost U.S. manufacturing capacity for electric vehicle (EV) ch...
Jun 28, 2022
Britain’s Johnson: We’re working on getting Ukraine’s grain out
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) - G7 leaders are working on finding a way of letting Ukraine export its grain, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. "We're working on it, we're all wo...
Jun 28, 2022
ECB to drain cash in offset to new yield-capping scheme -sources
By Francesco Canepa SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will likely drain cash from the banking system to offset any bond purchases made to cap borrowing costs for indebted euro zon...
Jun 28, 2022
Italy says can exceed 3.1% growth target for 2022 despite energy prices
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Treasury said the country's economy could grow this year by at least as much as Rome's official target of 3.1% set in April, despite the negative impact of surging energy pric...
Jun 28, 2022
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