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ABBA settles lawsuit against tribute band over Abba Mania name
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Swedish pop supergroup ABBA has settled its lawsuit accusing a British cover band of using the name Abba Mania without permission. ABBA had sued on Dec. 3 ...
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Timing of Bank of Canada’s rates lift-off on knife’s edge; Jan. 26 hike possible: Reuters poll
By Shrutee Sarkar and Sarupya Ganguly BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada will raise interest rates earlier than was thought a month ago, with only a slim majority of economists polled by Reuters...
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World Economic Forum to hold 2022 annual meeting in Davos in May
ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Economic Forum will hold its 2022 annual meeting in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos from May 22-26, the Geneva-based group said on Friday. The WEF had in December postp...
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German govt to cut 2022 growth forecast to 3.6% – sources
BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government will cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 3.6% from its October estimate of 4.1%, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. The ...
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US equity funds post outflows as yields spike
(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds faced outflows in the week to Jan. 19 on concerns over a rise in U.S. Treasury yields and a feeble start to the fourth-quarter earnings season. According to Refinitiv Lip...
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Canada Dec retail sales seen down as COVID restrictions bite
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian retail sales most likely fell by 2.1% in December as authorities imposed restrictions to fight the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and retailers faced...
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Single stock options worth $1.2 trillion set to expire – Options Solutions
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - Single stock options totaling about $1.28 trillion were set to expire on Friday, potentially driving sharp market movements as Wall Street rounds out a turbulent week, analy...
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Europe waits its turn as Intel commits to new U.S. chip factories
By Nadine Schimroszik and Supantha Mukherjee BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Intel's announcement that it will invest more than $20 billion in two new semiconductor plants in the United States is in shar...
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Restoration of Michelangelo’s Pieta statue in Florence reveals flaws in marble
By Matteo Berlenga FLORENCE, Italy, (Reuters) - The restoration of Michelangelo's famed Pieta dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence has revealed that the single block of marble from which the masterpiece w...
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Global ETFs saw record inflows in 2021
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) - Global exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew record inflows last year as investors plowed their growing cash balances into the low-cost, transparent investment products. Accord...
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