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Siemens to buy rail software company Sqills in 550 million euro deal
ZURICH (Reuters) - Siemens is buying rail software company Sqills, the German engineering and technology company said on Thursday, its latest acquisition to expand into high growth markets outside its...
Aug 04, 2021
Sao Paulo’s glass box lookout puts fear of heights to the test
By Pablo Garcia SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Visitors lie with their feet in the air, sit on the glass floor and walk to the edge of a transparent box as they pose for photos in a new sky deck on the 42nd le...
Aug 04, 2021
Explainer-What China keeps in its secretive commodity reserves
By Tom Daly and Shivani Singh (Reuters) - For the first time in a decade, China has released some of its strategic metal stocks to try to dampen a price rally hurting manufacturers. It has also releas...
Aug 04, 2021
Asian stocks hold gains, dollar strong on Fed official comments
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares held on to recent gains in morning trading on Thursday, despite hawkish remarks from a senior official at the U.S. Federal Reserve, that boosted the dol...
Aug 04, 2021
Fast-moving wildfire burns homes, forces evacuations in Northern California
By Fred Greaves COLFAX, California (Reuters) - A wildfire that began on Wednesday afternoon rapidly spread in woods surrounding a populated area northeast of Sacramento in California, burning homes, f...
Aug 04, 2021
First Broadway play opens in NY since lengthy pandemic shutdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first Broadway play since the coronavirus pandemic shut down theaters in New York City in 2020 opened on Wednesday, with vaccinations and masks required for audiences. "Pass O...
Aug 04, 2021
Landlord groups ask U.S. judge to toss out new COVID-19 eviction ban
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Landlord groups late Wednesday asked a U.S. judge in Washington to immediately lift a new eviction moratorium that was put in place Tuesday by the Centers for...
Aug 04, 2021
Oil prices rise on Mideast tensions; crude stock build caps gains
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, supported by tensions in the Middle East, but failed to regain most of the previous day's losses after a surprise build...
Aug 04, 2021
Dollar firms as Fed members talk of tightening
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dollar was poised to push higher on Thursday as hawkish comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve led markets to bring forward the likely timing of a policy tightenin...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. State Dept probing whereabouts of $5,800 bottle of whisky given to Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is looking into the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of whisky given to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the Japanese government, a U.S. governme...
Aug 04, 2021
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