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Nasdaq futures at record high as tech stocks rise
(Reuters) - Futures tracking the Nasdaq 100 index hit a record high on Tuesday as technology stocks rose, while positive news around U.S. vaccination boosted shares of energy and travel-related compan...
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UPDATE: Homicide victim Tuesday morning identified
UPDATE — Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the male who died Tuesday morning as 37-year-old Rolando William Westbrook, of Peoria. Harwood said Westbrook suffered multiple stab w...
Julia Bradley Aug 24, 2021
Baidu’s AI voice assistant Xiaodu closes funding at $5.1 billion valuation
(Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Baidu Inc said on Tuesday its artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistant Xiaodu Technology has closed Series B financing at a $5.1 billion valuation. This comes in the...
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Best Buy raises annual sales forecast as electronics demand holds strong
(Reuters) -Best Buy Co Inc raised its full-year comparable sales forecast on Tuesday, as the electronics retailer expects demand to be resilient compared to analysts' fears of a drop in growth from a ...
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U.S. retailers bring back ‘above-the-keyboard’ clothes as Delta surge persists
By Arriana McLymore and Aishwarya Venugopal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailers from Macy's Inc to Target Corp, keen to see the apparel sales momentum of the second quarter keep going, are stocking shelves...
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Group14 partners with InoBat to make batteries for electric vehicles
(Reuters) - Group14 Technologies will supply battery materials to Europe's InoBat under a partnership to manufacture high-energy density cells for electric vehicles, the companies said on Tuesday. Dem...
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Exclusive-U.S. SEC to scrutinize firms’ digital-engagement practices as investor worries grow
By Katanga Johnson and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will seek input on whether digital customer engagement innovations used by financial firm...
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Russia uses new hardware to target Navalny’s anti-Kremlin app – experts
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is using new digital hardware to target an online app that jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's team created to undermine the Kremlin at next month's parliamentary election...
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South Africa’s state insurer to raise cover for unrest following riots
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's only insurer covering political violence will increase its premiums to cover a rise in reinsurance costs following some of the worst unrest in decades, the head...
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First woman AFL-CIO president hopes her historic election inspires other women
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - The first woman to lead the biggest U.S. labor federation wants even more women as decision-makers in a labor movement that is becoming less male and less white. "When you...
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