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Coronavirus likely to lock India’s women out of job market for years
By Manoj Kumar and Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Savitri Devi has been searching for work since she lost her job at a garment factory in New Delhi, along with half her co-workers, when sales plum...
Aug 02, 2021
Pro-migrant groups go to court to block Biden border expulsion policy
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pro-migrant groups will restart litigation that aims to block the United States from expelling migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border during the coronavirus pa...
Aug 02, 2021
FBI agent used photos of female office staff as bait in sex trafficking sting -report
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An FBI agent faces potential disciplinary measures after an investigation by the Justice Department's internal watchdog revealed he allegedly asked a female su...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. says Abbott units to pay $160 million to resolve alleged false Medicare claims
(Reuters) - Two units of Abbott Laboratories will pay $160 million to resolve claims they violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice s...
Aug 02, 2021
Reese Witherspoon’s media firm to be sold to Blackstone-backed company
(Reuters) -Academy award-winning actress Reese Witherspoon's media venture, Hello Sunshine, said on Monday it would be bought by a newly formed Blackstone Group Inc-backed media firm for an undisclose...
Aug 02, 2021
Morrisons shares at eight-year high ahead of expected bid battle
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in British supermarket Morrisons hit almost eight-year highs on Monday on investor hopes that the rebuffed U.S. private equity group CD&R would return with a h...
Aug 02, 2021
Pelosi urges White House to reinstate expired COVID-19 eviction moratorium
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday again pressed the White House to extend an expired COVID-19 residential eviction moratorium after lawmakers failed to act. The White Ho...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. construction spending inches higher in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. construction spending rose by 0.1% in June, the Commerce Department said on Monday, as an increase in private projects was offset by a fall in public sector building. Const...
Aug 02, 2021
Mexico’s factories edge towards growth after 17-month contraction
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's factories showed tentative signs of a recovery in July, deteriorating at their slowest pace in the current 17 month-on-month string of contractions, a survey showed on...
Aug 02, 2021
Allianz shares drop 7% as insurer faces U.S. probe into funds
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shares of Allianz declined 7% on Monday after the German insurer said the U.S. Department of Justice had begun an investigation into losses at its fund management division. The D...
Aug 02, 2021
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