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NFT-based metaverse company Animoca Brands raises $360 million
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Metaverse gaming company Animoca Brands raised nearly $360 million in a funding round led by Liberty City Ventures, the company said on Tuesday, valuing the fi...
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Volkswagen, Bosch to set up JV to equip gigafactories
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen and Bosch have signed a deal to set up a joint venture by the end of this year to equip battery cell factories, Volkswagen said in a statement on Tuesday. The venture wou...
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IKEA’s climate footprint shrinks from pre-pandemic level despite record sales
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - IKEA, the world's biggest furniture brand, said on Tuesday it was on track to become climate positive by 2030 as its annual carbon emissions fell 6% from pre-pa...
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Bitcoin investors dig in for long haul in ‘staggering’ shift
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - As bitcoin heads into 2022, a growing cohort of long-term investors is doubling down on its stashes of the cryptocurrency, hoping a December dip w...
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Second candidate announces run for sheriff
PEORIA, Ill. — There’s another candidate for Peoria County Sheriff. Chris Watkins, who’s been with the Sheriff’s Office for 18 years, has announced his intention to run for she...
Julia Bradley Jan 18, 2022
New York state factory activity slumps in January amid Omicron surge
(Reuters) - Factory activity in New York state slumped in January amid a surge in COVID-19 infections, but manufacturers remained upbeat about business conditions over the next six months. The New Yor...
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Factbox-Biggest deals in the consolidating videogame market
(Reuters) - The videogame industry received a massive fillip from the COVID-19 pandemic as people increasingly turned to digital entertainment during lockdowns and firms in the sector consolidated to ...
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Media mogul Byron Allen’s firm inks multi-year cloud deal with Google
(Reuters) - Media entrepreneur Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG) struck a multi-year deal with Google Cloud on Tuesday, through which the Alphabet Inc-owned company will provide cloud services to ...
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Italy’s Technoprobe aims for market cap of up to 4 billion euros in IPO – sources
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian microelectronics company Technoprobe aims for a market value of up to 4 billion euros ($4.55 billion) in its initial public offering on the Milan stock exchange, two sources ...
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Exclusive-Turkish bank employees compelled to boost lira-defence scheme -sources
By Ebru Tuncay and Orhan Coskun ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's big state banks have set employee performance targets as they urge clients to convert foreign currencies into lira under a deposit-protect...
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