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After 2017 boycott, Iranian director Farhadi ready for awards season
By Rollo Ross WEST HOLLYWOOD, California (Reuters) - Iranian Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi is prepared to enjoy awards season this time around if his shortlisted film "A Hero" makes it to the ...
Feb 04, 2022
Canada sheds more than 200,000 jobs in January as Omicron bites
By Julie Gordon and Ismail Shakil (Reuters) - The Canadian economy lost more jobs than expected in January, posting its first decline since May 2021 as the Omicron-driven COVID-19 wave peaked, data sh...
Feb 04, 2022
Explainer-As Fed chief’s term nears end, Biden nominees await Senate action
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's nominees to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors have completed their first official step in the confirmation process with nomination hearings ...
Feb 04, 2022
As NFTs flourish, U.S. Treasury raises alarm over money laundering in art
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday issued a set of recommendations to combat illicit finance in the high-value art market and warned that the emerging d...
Feb 04, 2022
Olympics-Games open with a bang – and an echo of the Cold War
BEIJING (Reuters) – China mixed politics and sport with a boldness unseen since the Cold War on Friday, with President Xi Jinping announcing a new alliance with Russia’s Vladimir Putin jus...
Feb 04, 2022
Jury asks judge in Avenatti fraud case for help with problem juror
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The jury in U.S. lawyer Michael Avenatti's fraud trial on Friday asked the judge overseeing the case to "please help us" deal with one member of the 12-person panel t...
Feb 04, 2022
Delta CEO wants U.S. to place convicted unruly passengers on ‘no-fly’ list
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines wants the U.S. government to place passengers convicted of on-board disruptions on a national comprehensive unruly passenger "no-fly" list that would bar them from future t...
Feb 04, 2022
Cathie Wood’s new fund to invest in disruptive tech in private markets
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ark Invest's Cathie Wood is taking another stab at investing in "disruptive innovation," this time through a new fund that will target illiquid securities inc...
Feb 04, 2022
Exchange operator Cboe’s quarterly revenue tops views on higher volumes
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit surged 90%, topping Wall Street estimates on higher transaction volumes, notably in ...
Feb 04, 2022
Senate Democrat pushes U.S. Postal Service to buy cleaner delivery fleet
(Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Friday asked the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to reverse course and buy a cleaner fleet of next-generation delivery ...
Feb 04, 2022
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