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Manulife, Sun Life see short-term challenges in Asia amid COVID resurgence
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's biggest life insurers Manulife Financial Corp and Sun Life Financial on Thursday flagged short-term challenges in Asia as a resurgence in coronavirus cases leads to a resu...
Aug 05, 2021
Levi Strauss to acquire athletic wear maker Beyond Yoga
(Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co. said on Thursday it would buy apparel maker Beyond Yoga for an undisclosed amount, as it looks to expand its presence in the lucrative leggings category that boomed duri...
Aug 05, 2021
Branson’s Virgin Galactic to sell space flight tickets starting at $450,000
(Reuters) - Spaceship company Virgin Galactic said it will open ticket sales on Thursday for space flights starting at $450,000 a seat, weeks after billionaire founder Richard Branson's high-profile t...
Aug 05, 2021
Brazil audit court sees fuel shortages with Petrobras divestment
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Federal Audit Court (TCU) says there is a risk of fuel shortages in regional markets as a result of the sales of assets by state-controlled oil company Petroleo Bra...
Aug 05, 2021
Corteva lifts sales forecast on strong demand for herbicides, insecticides
(Reuters) - Corteva Inc on Thursday raised its net sales forecast for the year, after strong demand for crop protection products like herbicides and insecticides helped the agricultural company beat e...
Aug 05, 2021
CBO: Infrastructure bill to increase U.S. budget deficits by $256 billion over decade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill being debated in the U.S. Senate would increase federal budget deficits by $256.1 billion over 10 years, the Congressional Budget ...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. EPA proposes big boost in vehicle emissions stringency through 2026
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it would propose reversing a Trump-era loosening of vehicle emissions rules, calling for a 10% hike in requirements for...
Aug 05, 2021
Nelson Peltz to step down from P&G board
(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co said on Thursday activist investor Nelson Peltz would step down from the company's board at the end of his term later this year. The consumer goods giant appointed the ...
Aug 05, 2021
Fed’s Kashkari: Delta may throw wrinkle into taper plan
(Reuters) - Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari on Thursday said the highly transmissible Delta variant of the novel coronavirus could throw a "wrinkle" into the labor market recovery ...
Aug 05, 2021
California’s largest wildfire leaves historic town in ashes
By Fred Greaves GREENVILLE, California (Reuters) - The main thoroughfare in a historic California gold-rush town was in smoldering ruins, officials said on Thursday, hours after the state's largest wi...
Aug 05, 2021
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