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Calpers’ CEO Frost hopes COP26 yields more green-investing data
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - An upcoming United Nations climate summit will give world leaders a chance to push for standardized measures of areas like corporate carbon emissions, the head of the...
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White House: Biden to hold meeting with progressives, discuss smaller bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will hold a virtual meeting with left-leaning progressive lawmakers from the House of Representatives on Monday afternoon to discuss a social spending bill, ...
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Henrietta Lacks’ estate says pharma company profited from stolen cells
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - The estate of a Black woman whose cervical cells were taken from her decades ago without her permission sued a pharmaceutical company on Monday, saying it made a "conscio...
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Paris landmark sheds its wrapper as art installation ends
PARIS (Reuters) - After a month wrapped in silvery-blue plastic as part of an art installation, Paris landmark the Arc de Triomphe was returning to its familiar form on Monday as work to dismantle the...
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Artist who squirts paint with his eyes destroys canvases to create NFTs
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine artist Leandro Granato, known for his 'eye painting' technique, has destroyed five of his works to create art that now exists only in the digital...
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New tools for investigating child exploitation; webinars for parents start Thursday
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Attorney General says there is a new way he can increase focus on online child exploitation. Kwame Raoul says there will be a mobile forensic facility that will ...
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Citadel Securities avoids crypto due to regulatory uncertainty – founder
(Reuters) - Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel Securities, one of the world's biggest market makers, said the firm does not trade cryptocurrencies because of the regulatory uncertainties around the digit...
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New U.S. legislation seeks to expand protections for election workers
By Linda So WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator introduced legislation on Monday to broaden protections for election workers, their family members and physical polling locations in response to a Reu...
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State Department says U.S. is reviewing findings from Pandora Papers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is reviewing findings of leaked financial documents known as the Pandora Papers, but is not in a position to comment on specifics, State Department spokesman N...
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Hollywood off screen union members authorize strike if talks fail
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Members of the union representing camera operators, make-up artists and other behind-the-scenes workers on Hollywood films and television shows have voted resou...
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