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Afterpay loss widens as it doubles marketing spend to tap new markets
(Reuters) - Afterpay said on Wednesday its annual marketing costs more than doubled as it expanded into new markets to tap a pandemic-driven boom in demand for buy now, pay later services, widening th...
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Chinese tutoring firms adapt to core subject ban with hands-on courses
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tutoring firms are having to learn new ways of making money after a ban on teaching core subjects left them promoting classes such as drama and ...
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Remittance costs key to take-up of Salvadoran bitcoin plan -development bank
By Nelson Renteria and Anthony Esposito SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Central American countries are eagerly waiting to see if El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin as parallel legal tender cuts the cost of re...
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U.S. COVID-19 vaccine approval is ‘seismic’ shift for legality of mandates, experts say
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Formal U.S approval of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine will make it nearly impossible to successfully challenge mandates by employers, legal experts said. The decis...
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NRA gun lobby cancels annual U.S. meeting, citing COVID-19 surge
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association (NRA) said on Tuesday it has canceled its upcoming annual convention, which was set to open late next week in Houston, citing public health c...
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Ackman committed to finding a deal for PSTH; sold Agilent to raise cash
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman, who last year launched the biggest-ever special-purpose acquisition company, said on Tuesday he remains committed to fi...
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Diabetes surges among American youth, study shows
By Robin Respaut and Chad Terhune (Reuters) - The number of young people with the most prevalent form of diabetes nearly doubled in the United States from 2001 to 2017, according to a study published ...
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Eyewear maker Warby Parker to go public via direct listing on NYSE
(Reuters) - Eyewear company Warby Parker on Tuesday filed paperwork with U.S. regulators for a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, revealing a 53% surge in revenue for the first half of 202...
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Disney Cruise Line mandates vaccination on Bahamas ship
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's cruise division said on Tuesday it will require vaccination proof from all passengers above the age of 12 traveling from Florida to the Bahamas, as the COVID-19 Delta vari...
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Cerebras Systems connects its huge chips to make AI more power-efficient
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Cerebras Systems, the Silicon Valley startup making the world's largest computer chip, said on Tuesday it can now weave together almost 200 of the chips to drastically re...
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