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U.S. HUD eases rules to speed funds to aid homeless
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday took steps to allow local communities to start tapping a $5 billion fund for creation of afforda...
Sep 14, 2021
Brazil Senate president kills Bolsonaro’s social media decree, source says
By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Senate leader Rodrigo Pacheco has declined to hear President Jair Bolsonaro's decree that limits social networks' power to remove content, inv...
Sep 14, 2021
U.S. panel votes to approve $1 billion for FTC privacy probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee voted on Tuesday to give the Federal Trade Commission $1 billion to set up a bureau dedicated to improving data security and privacy...
Sep 14, 2021
Microsoft announces share buyback of up to $60 billion, ups dividend
(Reuters) -Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday its board had authorized a new share buyback program of up to $60 billion, while also raising the quarterly dividend by 11%. The new dividend of $0.62 per sha...
Sep 14, 2021
Biden says extreme weather will cost U.S. ‘well over $100 billion’ this year
GOLDEN, Co. (Reuters) - Extreme weather events will cost the United States well over a $100 billion this year, topping last year's cost of $99 billion, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. Biden,...
Sep 14, 2021
Sylvester Stallone movie memorabilia headed for auction
By Mindy Burrows LONDON (Reuters) - From "Rocky" boxing gloves to "Rambo" headbands, memorabilia from action movie star Sylvester Stallone's Hollywood career are going under the hammer in a December a...
Sep 14, 2021
U.S. to buy 1.4 million additional doses of Regeneron’s COVID-19 therapy
(Reuters) - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Tuesday the U.S. government will buy 1.4 million additional doses of its COVID-19 antibody cocktail, REGEN-COV. The cocktail, a combination of two ant...
Sep 14, 2021
Equity index giant MSCI to give 10,000 firms global warming ratings
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Global equity index compiler MSCI is to start providing data on how much the world's top 10,000 firms are likely to be contributing to global warning. The firm, which ...
Sep 14, 2021
Yum China warns quarterly profit to take over 50% hit due to Delta variant
(Reuters) -KFC operator Yum China Holdings Inc said on Tuesday its adjusted operating profit would take a 50% to 60% hit in the third quarter as the spread of the Delta variant in China led to restaur...
Sep 14, 2021
The Hartford to pay $787 million in Boy Scouts sex abuse insurance deal
By Maria Chutchian (Reuters) - Insurance company Hartford Financial Services Group Inc said on Tuesday it has entered into a new agreement with the Boy Scouts of America and a majority of sexual abuse...
Sep 14, 2021
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