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Australia’s Latitude offers $242 million for Humm’s buy now, pay later business
(Reuters) - Australian digital payments and lending firm Latitude Group Holdings Ltd on Thursday offered to buy Humm Group Ltd's consumer unit, including its buy now, pay later business, for A$335 mil...
Jan 05, 2022
Taiwan to set up $200 million fund to invest in Lithuania amid dispute with China
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Wednesday it would create a $200 million fund to invest in Lithuanian industries and boost bilateral trade as it tries to fend off diplomatic pressure on the Baltic ...
Jan 05, 2022
Bank of America to staff: Get a booster, we’ll give a food bank $100
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp told workers on Wednesday it will donate $100 to local food banks for every one of its employees who gets a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot and notifies the ban...
Jan 05, 2022
Fed funds futures see rate hike in March after minutes of policy meeting
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Futures on the federal funds rate on Wednesday have priced in a roughly 80% chance of a quarter-percentage-point rate hike by the Federal Reserve at th...
Jan 05, 2022
Pritzker working remotely following exposure to state employee with COVID-19
CHICAGO, Ill. – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker will be working remotely the rest of the week. Pritzker’s office says the Governor came “in close contact” on Tuesday with a state...
Jan 05, 2022
Top Senate Republican signals interest in narrow approach to U.S. election reform
By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Democrats struggled to move forward on broad new voting rights legislation, the U.S. Senate's top Republican signaled interest on Wednesday ...
Jan 05, 2022
Hasbro appoints Chris Cocks as CEO
(Reuters) - Hasbro Inc said on Wednesday Chris Cocks has been appointed as its chief executive officer, succeeding interim CEO Rich Stoddart from Feb. 25. The company also said Eric Nyman has been app...
Jan 05, 2022
Election officials rebut claims in Republican-led Arizona review of Trump’s 2020 loss
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Election officials in Arizona's most populous county found nearly every conclusion in a partisan "audit" of Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election to be misl...
Jan 05, 2022
Aéropostale-owner Authentic Brands withdraws IPO plans
(Reuters) -Apparel chain operator Authentic Brands Group Inc on Wednesday withdrew its plans for an initial public offering in the United States, according to its filing with the securities regulator....
Jan 05, 2022
Fed working to increase diversity in its bank board leadership
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday named leadership for the boards of its 12 regional Fed banks that included a majority of women in chair and deputy chair roles. "In recent years, the Feder...
Jan 05, 2022
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