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Boots in store for $10 billion sale as bid deadline looms
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's largest drugstore chain Boots has set a Feb. 24 deadline to receive indicative bids from a series of deep-pocketed investors that could value the 173-y...
Feb 23, 2022
U.S. mortgage applications tumble last week – MBA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage applications plunged to their lowest level in more than two years last week as rising mortgage rates dampened demand for loans to purchase homes and refinancing ac...
Feb 23, 2022
FAA issues notice over Boeing 737s, 5G wireless interference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have issued an airworthiness directive for most Boeing 737 airplanes over possible interference from 5G wireless broadband operations, according to a government ...
Feb 23, 2022
GE CEO sees ‘strong’ revenue growth despite challenges
CHICAGO (Reuters) - General Electric Co expects to have "strong" revenue growth this year despite inflationary and supply-chain challenges, Chief Executive Larry Culp said on Wednesday. The comments c...
Feb 23, 2022
Tesla faces day of reckoning on water supply for planned German plant
By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) - Tesla may lose the water supply contract for its long-delayed German plant if environmental groups win a court case challenging a licence granted to its water ...
Feb 23, 2022
Archaeologists find 7,000-year-old ritual hunt site in Jordanian desert
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Hams Rabah AMMAN (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old stone age site in a remote desert in Jordan, with structures which show humans were rounding up ...
Feb 23, 2022
EU proposes law forcing large firms to check suppliers for environment, human rights issues
By Kate Abnett and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a law to make large companies operating in the EU check that their suppliers around the world res...
Feb 23, 2022
Germany’s Uniper assessing Nord Stream 2 impairment over suspension
By Christoph Steitz and Tom Kckenhoff FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German utility Uniper said on Wednesday it is assessing whether the suspension of Gazprom's Nord Stream 2 will result in impairments on its ...
Feb 23, 2022
Brazil’s Americanas gradually resumes e-commerce ops after online break-in
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian retailer Americanas SA said on Wednesday it is gradually resuming its e-commerce operations after suffering an online break-in during the weekend, adding that there is ...
Feb 23, 2022
U.S. will cut Russia off from tech, resources if Putin escalates -U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin can do a lot more damage in Ukraine and the United States is prepared to respond by withholding technology and resources if he does, deputy U.S....
Feb 23, 2022
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