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Purdue’s Sackler: family has ‘responsibility’ to help curb opioid crisis but wants liability shields
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - A member of the Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma testified on Tuesday that his family bears a "moral responsibility" to help abate the U.S. opioid crisis but said ...
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Canadian lumber producers to shed lofty profit gains as demand recedes
By Rithika Krishna (Reuters) - North American timber producers are expected to see a dip in current-quarter profit after lumber demand for do-it-yourself home projects decreased following the easing o...
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Amen to that: Norway’s wealth fund boss preaches sustainable finance in church
By Gwladys Fouche ARENDAL, Norway (Reuters) - Nicolai Tangen broke new ground as the head of Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday by preaching on the virtues of sustainable capitali...
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The Andersons to pay debt, invest in core units after rail business sale
By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. grain handler The Andersons plans to use $550 million from the sale of its rail leasing business to pay down debt and invest in sustainable farming and low carbo...
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Two former police officers reject plea offers in Jan. 6 case
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two former police officers from Rocky Mount, Virginia, have rejected initial plea deal offers by the U.S. Justice Department to resolve charges stemming from t...
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GM workers’ historic vote in Mexico tests new trade deal
By Daina Beth Solomon SILAO, Mexico (Reuters) - General Motors employee Mari says that for the past decade, she has felt powerless to demand higher pay at the plant in central Mexico that cranks out h...
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Judge questions Fox News bid to shake Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion election lawsuit
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday appeared skeptical of an effort by Fox Corp to dismiss a $2.7 billion lawsuit alleging Fox News hosts and guests made defamatory claims about the...
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Aerospace startup Boom Supersonic aims to revive commercial supersonic air travel
(Reuters) - Boom Supersonic, an aerospace startup, hopes to resurrect faster-than-the-speed-of-sound commercial air travel across the Atlantic, not seen since the SST Concorde flown by British Airways...
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‘What more can we take?’: Haitian-Americans reel from earthquake
By Makini Brice (Reuters) - When Haitian-born Mathieu Eugene walks in the Brooklyn neighborhood he represents on the New York City Council, other immigrants from the country approach him to express th...
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U.S. airline passenger volume rises but down 21% from pre-pandemic levels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines carried 66.4 million passengers in June, three times the June 2020 volume but still down 21% over pre-pandemic levels, the U.S. Transportation Department said Tues...
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