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Your trash for our books: Indonesian library creates literacy from litter
By Tommy Ardiansyah and Yuddy Cahya Budiman PURBALINGGA, Indonesia (Reuters) - A librarian in Indonesia's Java island is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to ...
Nov 08, 2021
Dollar wavers with inflation looming as next test for rates
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dollar hovered a little below the year's peaks on Tuesday, while cryptocurrencies scaled records, as inflation numbers loom as the next test of traders' thinkin...
Nov 08, 2021
U.S. Republicans renew push to sanction Nord Stream 2 pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Senate Republicans said on Monday they had introduced legislation that would impose mandatory sanctions on Nord Stream 2, a Russian-backed natural gas pipeline t...
Nov 08, 2021
SoftBank shares untraded after $9 billion buyback announcement
TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group Corp shares were untraded with a glut of buy orders on Tuesday morning in Tokyo, a day after the Japanese conglomerate said it would spend up to 1 trillion yen ($8.8 bi...
Nov 08, 2021
Kaisa says trying to solve liquidity issues, pleads for ‘more time and patience’
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese property developer Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd said it is taking measures to solve its liquidity issues and was consulting investors in wealth management products about better...
Nov 08, 2021
SPAC tied to Trump’s media venture seeks investor support – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Digital World Acquisition Corp is scheduling meetings with prospective investors for a private investment in public equity, or PIPE, transaction to support its merger with former U.S. Pres...
Nov 08, 2021
UK shoppers shrug off inflation worries to pick up their spending
LONDON (Reuters) - British shoppers picked up the pace of their spending in October despite concerns about rising inflation, according to a survey published on Tuesday. The British Retail Consortium s...
Nov 08, 2021
New marijuana decriminalization effort weighed in U.S. House -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and establish a tax on cannabis sales was being developed by Republican Representative Nancy Mace with the goal of introducing it ...
Nov 08, 2021
Self-driving truck startup Plus, Hennessy Capital pull merger on regulatory uncertainty
(Corrects typo in paragraph 3) (Reuters) - Self-driving truck startup Plus and blank-check company Hennessy Capital Investment Corp V have called off their merger, the companies said on Monday, citing...
Nov 08, 2021
Japan’s Sept real wages fell for first time in 3 months as inflation bites
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's real wages declined in September for the first time in three months as inflation picked up faster than growth in nominal pay, the government said, a sign of global cost-push ...
Nov 08, 2021
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