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Disney postpones several Marvel sequels and fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ film
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co on Monday delayed the release of Marvel Studios' sequels to "Black Panther," "Thor" and "Doctor Strange" by several months and pushed the next b...
Oct 18, 2021
White House: Biden to host talks on his agenda Tuesday, climate aspects remain key
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will host separate meetings on Tuesday with moderate and progressive Democratic lawmakers who are wrangling over aspects of his infrastructure and social spen...
Oct 18, 2021
Bank of Canada not planning to launch digital currency, at least for now
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada on Monday reiterated it has no plans to introduce a digital currency for the time being, but said that might change if people began using physical cash less. The ...
Oct 18, 2021
Britain sets out new standards for environmental reporting
LONDON (Reuters) - Asset managers, pension schemes and some large companies will need to start disclosing their environmental impact under planned new rules, Britain's finance minister said on Monday....
Oct 18, 2021
International travel searches spike after U.S. moves to ease curbs – Kayak
(Reuters) - Travel website Kayak said on Monday searches related to international travel to the United States spiked 48% on Saturday, compared to the same day one week earlier. This followed the White...
Oct 18, 2021
Biden administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law
By Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion aft...
Oct 18, 2021
Former security services executives plead guilty to rigging bids for U.S. security contracts
(Reuters) - Two former employees of security company G4S Secure Solutions NV pleaded guilty to criminal antitrust charges stemming from their involvement in a conspiracy to rig bids, fix prices, and a...
Oct 18, 2021
Walmart-backed Symbotic in talks to merge with SoftBank SPAC in $4.5 billion deal – Sky News
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc-backed robotics and automation company Symbotic is in talks to merge with a blank-check vehicle backed by SoftBank Group Corp in a deal that would value the combined firm at $4...
Oct 18, 2021
Chip tech firm Arm plans to slash development time for connected devices
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Arm Ltd, the British chip technology firm in the midst of a $54 billion takeover by Nvidia Corp, on Monday announced tools aimed at cutting the development ...
Oct 18, 2021
Pritzker: Abortions, electric vehicles could come up during Fall Veto Session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Governor JB Pritzker has some definite things he’d like to see taken care of when the fall veto session begins in Springfield Tuesday. Pritzker made an amendatory veto ...
Oct 18, 2021
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