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More chief executives join the ‘Great Resignation’
By Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - CEO turnover spiked in the first half of 2021, as companies tapped new talent to navigate the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and stressed-out chief executives sough...
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Amid calls for clemency, Oklahoma set to execute Julius Jones
(Reuters) - Oklahoma is set to deploy a contested three-drug cocktail on Thursday to execute Julius Jones, who has maintained his innocence in the 22-year-old murder he was convicted of and whose case...
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Judge to decide on racial slur allegedly uttered by murder suspect in Arbery case
By Jonathan Allen and Rich McKay (Reuters) - A Georgia judge will decide on Thursday whether a jury can hear from Travis McMichael about a racial slur officials say he uttered as Ahmaud Arbery, a Blac...
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Ghislaine Maxwell sex crimes trial highlights conditions at Brooklyn jail
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Ghislaine Maxwell leaves Manhattan federal court at the end of each day of her upcoming sex abuse trial, the British socialite will return to a Brooklyn jail cel...
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Daimler to produce first in-house electric motor at Berlin plant from 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) - Daimler will produce the first in-house electric motor at its oldest plant in Berlin from 2022, the carmaker said on Thursday, providing relief to workers worried that the diesel mo...
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Jury in Rittenhouse murder trial to deliberate for third day in Wisconsin court
By Nathan Layne KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - Jurors in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse will deliberate for a third day on Thursday, picking up after they reviewed a series of videos of the...
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Crime at crypto “DeFi” sites hits $10.5 billion in 2021, research shows
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Fraud and theft at decentralised finance platforms has totalled $10.5 billion so far this year, research showed on Thursday, laying bare the risks in the fast-growing ...
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Crypto mining platform Bitdeer to go public through $4 billion SPAC merger
(Reuters) - Bitdeer Technologies said on Thursday it plans to go public by merging with blank-check firm Blue Safari Group Acquisition Corp in a deal valuing the cryptocurrency mining platform at $4 b...
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Japan’s supreme court allows controversial ‘poison pill’ takeover defence
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's supreme court dismissed on Thursday a request to block a plan by Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho Ltd for a "poison pill" takeover defence, in a closely watched rulin...
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German online bank N26 to exit North American market
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German online bank N26 will exit the North American market, the lender said on Thursday. The bank, which has been under intense scrutiny by German regulators, said offerings in t...
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