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Ether near two-month high ahead of major protocol change
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ether held near two-month highs on Thursday ahead of a major adjustment to its underlying ethereum blockchain that would alter the way transactions are processed. The revamp is a...
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China should remove tax breaks for video gaming industry, says Securities Times
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China should stop giving tax breaks to online video gaming firms because the industry has grown and some of its companies have now become globally influential players, the state-b...
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Siemens to buy rail software company Sqills in 550 million euro deal
ZURICH (Reuters) - Siemens is buying rail software company Sqills, the German engineering and technology company said on Thursday, its latest acquisition to expand into high growth markets outside its...
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Sao Paulo’s glass box lookout puts fear of heights to the test
By Pablo Garcia SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Visitors lie with their feet in the air, sit on the glass floor and walk to the edge of a transparent box as they pose for photos in a new sky deck on the 42nd le...
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Explainer-What China keeps in its secretive commodity reserves
By Tom Daly and Shivani Singh (Reuters) - For the first time in a decade, China has released some of its strategic metal stocks to try to dampen a price rally hurting manufacturers. It has also releas...
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Asian stocks hold gains, dollar strong on Fed official comments
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares held on to recent gains in morning trading on Thursday, despite hawkish remarks from a senior official at the U.S. Federal Reserve, that boosted the dol...
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Fast-moving wildfire burns homes, forces evacuations in Northern California
By Fred Greaves COLFAX, California (Reuters) - A wildfire that began on Wednesday afternoon rapidly spread in woods surrounding a populated area northeast of Sacramento in California, burning homes, f...
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First Broadway play opens in NY since lengthy pandemic shutdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first Broadway play since the coronavirus pandemic shut down theaters in New York City in 2020 opened on Wednesday, with vaccinations and masks required for audiences. "Pass O...
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Landlord groups ask U.S. judge to toss out new COVID-19 eviction ban
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Landlord groups late Wednesday asked a U.S. judge in Washington to immediately lift a new eviction moratorium that was put in place Tuesday by the Centers for...
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Oil prices rise on Mideast tensions; crude stock build caps gains
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, supported by tensions in the Middle East, but failed to regain most of the previous day's losses after a surprise build...
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