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U.S. Joint Tax Committee pegs Biden bill revenue at $1.48 trln
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nonpartisan U.S. Joint Committee on Taxation said on Thursday that President Joe Biden's social-policy and climate-change legislation would raise just under $1.5 trillion in...
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Manulife, Sun Life warn of more COVID-19 hurdles in Asia
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Senior executives at Canada's two biggest life insurers said on Thursday they were bracing for more COVID-19 related uncertainties in their fastest-growing ma...
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Juror dismissed in Rittenhouse trial for joke about Jacob Blake shooting
(Reuters) - The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse dismissed a juror on Thursday because he told a joke about the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man whose shooting by a police officer had sparke...
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Dutch watchdog to review online brokerages over app surge
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch markets regulator will investigate how investment apps are influencing consumer behaviour, it said on Thursday, after a sharp rise in the number of do-...
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UK could speed up criminal sanctions for big tech, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could speed up a move to make the executives of big techs firm criminally liable for harmful content on their platforms if they do not take action to tackle the problem, Dig...
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Exclusive-UBS boss Hamers takes axe to hierarchy by ending bank’s top rank
By Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) -Dozens of top executives at UBS will lose their exalted rank of group managing director in a drive by Chief Executive Ralph Hamers to streamline the Swiss bank's manag...
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Colombian beetles exported to Japan with help from cryptocurrency
By Nelson Bocanegra TUNJA, Colombia (Reuters) - A Colombian exporter of long-horned beetles, a popular pet for Japanese children, has created its own cryptocurrency to avoid high commissions on intern...
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Russian analyst who helped compile Steele dossier arrested in U.S. probe – New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst who helped compile the so-called Steele dossier, was arrested on Thursday as part of a U.S. special counsel probe into the origins of the FBI's...
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Central banks head for stimulus exit, but some take the slow lane
LONDON (Reuters) - A great central bank exit from the extraordinary stimulus unleashed to keep economies afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic is underway, with the United States and Australia this week...
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New U.S. COVID testing/vaccine rule excludes outdoor workers
(Reuters) - A new U.S. workplace rule that requires tens of millions of Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing will exclude employees who work exclusively outdoors, accor...
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