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Food prices squeeze consumers in June, hot weather boosts summer spending: BRC
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) - Unusually hot weather boosted sales of sun screen and barbecue food in Britain last month, a British Retail Consortium survey showed on Tuesday, but consumers spent...
Jul 10, 2023
US retail investors add equities, while hedge funds trim exposure
By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail investors bought roughly $7 billion of equities last week, showing a near record appetite for shares since 2016, while U.S. hedge funds trimmed their expo...
Jul 10, 2023
UK watchdog shuts more illegal cryptocurrency ‘machines’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Tuesday it has stopped 26 machines across the country for illegally offering cryptocurrencies, warning consumers they could lose all of...
Jul 10, 2023
U.S. Marine Corps in historic leadership limbo due to Republican block
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Marine Corps is now without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in over a century thanks to a Republican senator's block on military nominations. Retiring Gen. Davi...
Jul 10, 2023
US Sen. Menendez says he is talking with Biden administration on F-16 sales to Turkey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez on Monday said there was a temporary "lull" in Turkey's "aggression against its neighbors" and said he is in talks ...
Jul 10, 2023
HCA Healthcare discloses leak of certain patient-related data
(Reuters) - Hospital operator HCA Healthcare said on Monday certain patient-related information had been leaked to an online forum. The leaked data did not include payment and clinical information, bu...
Jul 10, 2023
US lawmakers considering changes to TikTok bill -senator
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee who has cosponsored legislation to give the Biden administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned TikTok said on Monday th...
Jul 10, 2023
Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp down for thousands of users – Downdetector.com
(Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. users across Meta Platforms' social media offerings Instagram and Facebook, and messaging app WhatsApp reported outages on Monday, according to Downdetector.com. As many ...
Jul 10, 2023
Japan to give Sumco $530 million to boost wafer capacity – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will give Sumco Corp, a major producer of silicon wafers, a subsidy of up to 75 billion yen ($530 million) to fund additional capacity as part of efforts to bolster the country...
Jul 10, 2023
Market heavyweights dip ahead of Nasdaq 100 rebalance
(Reuters) - Shares of Apple, Microsoft and other heavyweight companies dipped on Monday after Nasdaq Inc said it would rebalance its Nasdaq 100 index to address the benchmark's "overconcentration." Ap...
Jul 10, 2023
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