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Morgan Stanley will require employees to prove vaccination status
(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley said on Tuesday it had asked its U.S.-based employees to offer proof for COVID-19 vaccination, as the big bank doubles down on rules for staff entering its offices. Nearly 9...
Aug 17, 2021
Fed’s Powell: Not certain Delta outbreak will dent recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It remains unclear whether the heightened outbreak of the coronavirus Delta variant will have a noticeable impact on the economy, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said Tuesda...
Aug 17, 2021
Durbin, Duckworth: Peoria Air National Guard Unit Stays Put
PEORIA, Ill. – If Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth have their way, the 182nd Airlift Wing unit in Peoria won’t be going away any time soon. Durbin and Duckworth, along with U.S. Re...
Aug 17, 2021
Houston will pay $100 to anyone receiving first COVID vaccine dose
(Reuters) - Anybody who receives the first dose of a COVID vaccine before the end of August in the county that encompasses Houston will receive $100, the county's top elected official said on Tuesday....
Aug 17, 2021
Exclusive: India likely to withdraw sugar export subsidies from new season
By Mayank Bhardwaj and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is expected to withdraw sugar export subsidies from the new season beginning October as a sharp rise in global prices makes it easier...
Aug 17, 2021
Exclusive: India starts selling oil from strategic reserves after policy shift
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has begun selling oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to state-run refiners as it implements a new policy to commercialise its federal storage by ...
Aug 17, 2021
YouTube says it bans accounts believed to be owned by the Taliban
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Tuesday it bans accounts that are believed to be owned and operated by the Taliban, as U.S. social media companies scrambled to clarify their rules on the gr...
Aug 17, 2021
Boston Dynamics’ backflipping robot shows off new ‘parkour’ routine
(Reuters) - Boston Dynamics' humanoid robot, Atlas, has been showing off its new skill, parkour or free running atop and over obstacles. A new video released on Tuesday shows Atlas leaping over obstac...
Aug 17, 2021
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 ...
Aug 17, 2021
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...
Aug 17, 2021
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