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Spain’s stats institute revises up 2021 economic growth to 5.5%
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish statistics institute on Thursday revised the 2021 gross domestic product's growth rate to 5.5% up from an original 5.1% after computing the year's final data. The INE, a...
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Sri Lanka’s economy contracts 8.4% in Q2
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's economy contracted 8.4% in the April to June quarter compared with the same period a year ago, data from the government statistics department showed...
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Indonesia antitrust agency launches probe of Google app payments
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's anti-trust agency (KPPU) said on Thursday it is investigating potential unfair business practices by Google over the use of proprietary payment services for its softwar...
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Thailand’s top court rules Toyota unit must pay $272 million in import duties
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that the local unit of Toyota Motor Corp owed the government 10 billion baht ($272.11 million) in extra taxes for imp...
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‘Cooling off’ period to avert shutdown as U.S. rail deal heads for vote -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. railway parties have agreed to a cooling off period as standard part of the ratification process after reaching a tentative deal overnight, a move that would avert any shut...
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U.S. consumer watchdog plans to regulate ‘buy-now, pay-later’ companies
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to start regulating "buy-now, pay-later" (BNPL) companies like Klarna and Affirm Holdings due to worries their fas...
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U.S. Senate to grill SEC’s Gensler over climate, China and crypto
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An aggressive regulator is critical to maintaining the United States as the "gold standard" for capital markets, U.S. Securities and Exchang...
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U.S. tech-focused hedge funds brace for heavy losses amid market slide
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hedge funds that focus broadly on technology investments are bracing for heavy losses this year as gloomier economic data sparked a ...
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Man convicted of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle to be sentenced
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - A California man convicted of first-degree murder in the 2019 shooting of Grammy-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle, will face a judge on Thursday to learn if he will spend the res...
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Explainer-What election deniers could do in 2024 if they win U.S. November midterms
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - Several Republican candidates for governor and secretary of state in this November's congressional elections are election deniers in battleground states that play a decisive ro...
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