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U.S. SEC opens probe into EV company Workhorse Group – WSJ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a probe into electric vehicle maker Workhorse Group Inc, an early investor in Lordstown Motors Corp, the Wall Street Journal re...
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Biden to visit New Orleans on Friday to survey storm damage – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will travel to New Orleans on Friday to survey damage from Hurricane Ida and meet with state and local leaders, the White House said on Wednesday. (Reporting...
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Ford again trims truck production due to chip shortage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said Wednesday it will again trim U.S. truck production due to the ongoing semiconductor chip crisis that has hit auto industry wide production. The second largest...
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Don’t look now: How a robot’s gaze can affect the human brain
By Stuart McDill (Reuters) - It has long been known that making eye contact with a robot can be an unsettling experience. Scientists even have a name for the queasy feeling: the "uncanny valley". Now,...
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VW reaches $42 million settlement with U.S. owners over Takata air bags
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volkswagen's U.S. unit has agreed to a $42 million settlement covering 1.35 million vehicles that were equipped with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The settleme...
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Tom Cruise films ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Mission: Impossible’ delayed amid COVID wave
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paramount Pictures has delayed the release of Tom Cruise films "Top Gun: Maverick" until May 2022 and "Mission: Impossible 7" until September 2022, a spokesman for the ViacomCB...
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Analysis-Wells Fargo’s long road to repair extends with prospect of more penalties
By Pete Schroeder and Elizabeth Dilts Marshall WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - It has been nearly five years since Wells Fargo & Co began addressing widespread customer abuses that led to regulatory p...
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Chinese wealth manager Hywin will reduce reliance on property – CFO
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Hywin Holdings Ltd, which provides wealth management services in China, will aim to reduce its reliance on real estate by expanding new products and growing businesses offshore, c...
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New York fire chief, still on force, talks of surviving 9/11 attack
(Reuters) - Then a captain with Fire Ladder Company 6 in the Chinatown section of lower Manhattan, Jay Jonas tells a harrowing story of rescue and survival at the collapse of the World Trade Center af...
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R. Kelly accuser frightened by nearby gun during oral sex with R&B singer
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman who accuses R. Kelly of sexually abusing her told jurors at his racketeering trial on Wednesday that she was unnerved when she saw a gun near where the R...
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