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Russia ramps up pressure on foreign tech firms on eve of election
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday threatened U.S. social media firms with sizeable fines if they fail to delete content Moscow deems illegal and demanded Apple and Google stop ...
Sep 16, 2021
Massachusetts fines MassMutual $4.75 million for failing to supervise ‘Roaring Kitty,’ other agents
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A MassMutual investment subsidiary has agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations by Massachusetts securities regulators that it failed to supervise its agent...
Sep 16, 2021
‘Worn Out’ – Dutch museum finds Van Gogh drawing of tired old man
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch museum on Thursday unveiled a previously unknown work by Vincent van Gogh -- a study for one of his best-known drawings, "Worn Out" -- in which an old man sits in a chair...
Sep 16, 2021
World Economic Forum to be held in Davos in January 2022
ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Economic Forum (WEF) is to take place in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos next year on Jan. 17-21, reverting to an in-person meeting of world and business leaders, organ...
Sep 16, 2021
Ford to boost F-150 Lightning production capacity to 80,000 per year
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it would boost its F-150 Lightning production capacity to 80,000 per year due to strong demand for the electric pickup truck, adding that the vehicle would g...
Sep 16, 2021
U.S. to award Newark flights to low-cost carrier to spur competition
By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will announce on Thursday it plans to award 16 slots for flights at Newark International airport in New Jersey to a l...
Sep 16, 2021
EU launches health crisis body to prepare for future pandemic
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission launched on Thursday a health crisis body that will coordinate EU spending of almost 30 billion euros ($35.3 billion) to prepare for a future pandemic. The...
Sep 16, 2021
U.S. Treasury says disbursed $700 billion of COVID-19 relief funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury on Thursday said it had disbursed about $700 billion of $1 trillion in COVID-19 relief programs administered by Treasury in the first six months since the Ameri...
Sep 16, 2021
GM extends EV Bolt production halt to mid-October
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -General Motors Co said on Thursday it will extend a shutdown of a Michigan assembly plant to mid-October in the aftermath of a new recall of its Chevrolet Bol...
Sep 16, 2021
IMF says U.S. should avoid debt limit ‘brinkmanship,’ consider replacement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that it was important for the U.S. government should find a solution to a looming debt limit deadline to avoid "counterproductiv...
Sep 16, 2021
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