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Ford doubles Lightning production as electric truck battle with GM heats up
By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday that it will nearly double annual production capacity for its red-hot F-150 Lightning electric pickup to 150,000 vehicles as the model...
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Musk-backed Starlink to refund pre-orders in India after govt order
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet venture told its members on Tuesday the Indian government had asked the company to refund all its pre-orders until i...
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Indonesia approves merger of units of Qatar’s Ooredoo, CK Hutchison
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Tuesday approved a $6 billion merger of telco units of Qatar's Ooredoo and Hong Kong's CK Hutchison and set a deadline of 2025 for the merged entity to ramp up its ser...
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Factbox-Turkey starts 2022 with flurry of price hikes after inflation surge
(Reuters) - After inflation surged to a 19-year high of 36.1% last month, Turkey has pushed through a series of price hikes at the start of the year which are set to add to cost pressures as Ankara pu...
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Czechs want tweaks to nuclear and gas conditions in EU green plan
By Jason Hovet and Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will seek allies to change conditions for the inclusion of gas and nuclear power projects in the European Union's hotly-debated g...
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UK consumers upped borrowing in November by most in 16 months – BoE
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumers increased their borrowing in November by the most since July 2020, Bank of England data showed on Tuesday. Consumer credit rose by a net 1.233 billion pounds ($1.6...
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German labour market remains resilient despite rising COVID cases
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell more than expected in December, data showed on Tuesday, in a further sign that the labour market in Europe's largest economy remains resilient despite risin...
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Some European reinsurance rates rise by over 50% at Jan 2022 renewals
LONDON (Reuters) - Some European property reinsurance rates rose by more than 50% at Jan. 1 renewals after the region suffered record insured losses last year from natural catastrophes such as floods ...
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Spain’s jobless number hits lowest for a December since 2007
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of registered jobless in Spain fell by 76,782 people, or 2.41%, in December from November, leaving 3.1 million people out of work, Labour Ministry data showed on Tuesday....
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Tesla criticised for opening showroom in China’s Xinjiang region
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tesla's announcement that it has opened a showroom in Xinjiang has attracted criticism from U.S. rights and trade groups, making it the latest foreign firm caught up in tensions r...
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