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Lloyd’s of London plans electric vehicle, hydrogen insurance in climate change fight
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London plans to develop insurance products for electric vehicles and hydrogen as part of its efforts to fight climate change, the specialist insurance market said on Thur...
Jul 28, 2021
UK car output up a third after slump but sector warns of chip shortage
By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - British car production rose by nearly a third in the first half of 2021 from last year's slump, but remained down on the five-year average as the sector warned that ...
Jul 28, 2021
SoftBank sells 45 million shares in Uber – source
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - SoftBank is selling about 45 million of its shares in Uber Technologies Inc, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Uber shares were down 4.6% at $44 in ...
Jul 28, 2021
Houston man pleads guilty in scheme to sell $317 million bogus masks to Australian state
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A Texas man has pleaded guilty to involvement in a scheme to fraudulently sell 50 million N95 respirator masks he did not have for $317.6 million to the government of Ne...
Jul 28, 2021
Dell stops some U.S. gaming PC shipments over new efficiency rules
(Reuters) - PC maker Dell Technologies Inc said it has stopped shipping some versions of its powerful gaming systems to California and five other states because the products do not meet new energy eff...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. looks to leverage African diaspora in trade with Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to tap the African diaspora in the United States to bolster trade with Africa, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, in a push to work with people wh...
Jul 28, 2021
Factbox-What’s in the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan $1.2 tln infrastructure plan?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of negotiators in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday said they have reached agreement on the major components of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal - a key priorit...
Jul 28, 2021
Tunisian president bashes ‘wrong choices’ on economy
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Wednesday that "wrong economic choices" had caused major financial problems in his first comments on the economy since using emergency powers to...
Jul 28, 2021
Peoria County now at substantial transmission risk level, according to CDC
PEORIA, Ill. — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Peoria County is now at substantial transmission risk level for COVID-19. This is significant due to CDC guideli...
Jul 28, 2021
‘Better Call Saul’ star Bob Odenkirk hospitalized in New Mexico
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Screen actor Bob Odenkirk remained hospitalized in New Mexico on Wednesday, a day after falling ill during production of his AMC cable network show "Better Call...
Jul 28, 2021
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