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“Merry Christmas” – First SMS sells for over 100,000 euros in Paris auction
PARIS (Reuters) - The first text message ever sent, reading "Merry Christmas," was sold on Tuesday for 107,000 euros ($121,000) as a 'Non-Fungible Token' at a Paris auction house. The text, which was ...
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Kellogg strike to end as workers vote in favor of new contract – union president
By Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) - A majority of workers at Kellogg Co's breakfast cereal plants voted in favor of a new contract that offers better terms for transitional employees as well as wage in...
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New York City mayor says people who get COVID-19 booster will receive $100
(Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday that residents who get a COVID-19 vaccine booster by the end of the year will receive $100 from the city. (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien)
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‘Has anyone seen Web3?’ Musk, Dorsey mock tech’s latest buzzword
(Reuters) - Billionaires Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey dismissed the so-called Web3 and criticized the involvement of venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz in building out what some have calle...
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Microsoft’s $16 billion Nuance bid gets EU antitrust approval
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Tuesday granted Microsoft unconditional antitrust approval for its $16 billion bid for artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance Comm...
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Credit Suisse cuts equities allocation on Omicron and policy risks
MILAN (Reuters) - Credit Suisse on Tuesday downgraded equities to neutral from overweight, citing near-term risks associated with the highly infectious Omicron virus variant at a time when high inflat...
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Group says Tesla Model Y ‘Top Safety Pick’
(Reuters) - The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) said Tuesday the 2021-22 model year Tesla Model Y received its Top Safety Pick+ designation. Following a conversion to a camera-only syste...
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AT&T to sell Xandr ad unit to Microsoft
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Tuesday it was selling its advertising unit, Xandr, to Microsoft, partly exiting a venture that had appeared to become expensive for the telecom company. Xandr was created...
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Spain streamlines bankruptcy process to get EU recovery funds
By Beln Carreo MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government proposed on Tuesday to reform its insolvency law to simplify bankruptcy proceedings and meet a major condition agreed with Brussels to obtain Europ...
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Trump plans news conference on January 6, anniversary of deadly U.S. Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hold a news conference on Jan. 6, one year after the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol which the Republican ex-president has been...
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