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Half of U.S. population fully vaccinated against COVID-19: CDC
(Reuters) - One out of two Americans were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The milestone comes roughly eight months aft...
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Exclusive-Top cannabis site Leafly in talks to go public via blank-check merger – sources
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) - Top cannabis-focused website Leafly is in talks to merge with blank-check company Merida Merger Corp I in a deal that would value the combined company at more than $530 mill...
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White House announces final extension of student loan repayment pause
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Friday announced a final extension of a coronavirus relief pause on federal student loan repayments, interest and collections until J...
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Biden picks ambassadors to Switzerland and Argentina -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden picked two major fundraisers for his campaign for office as his ambassadors to Switzerland and Argentina, the White House said on Friday. Biden chose Sc...
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Biden to nominate development official to U.S. Treasury post –official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden intends to nominate a long-time development official for a U.S. Treasury position on international markets, a White House official told Reuters on Friday. Al...
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Binance U.S. CEO Brian Brooks resigns
(Reuters) - Brian Brooks, the U.S. chief of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said on Friday he had resigned from the role. "Letting you all know that I have resigned as CEO of @BinanceUS. Despit...
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Russia hands U.S. investor Calvey 5.5-year suspended sentence
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Friday handed U.S. investor Michael Calvey a 5.5-year suspended sentence for embezzlement, a day after finding him guilty, Interfax news agency reported, in a cas...
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Biden administration examining what authority businesses have to mandate vaccines
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is examining what authority businesses have to mandate vaccines, a top U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, as it considers what mo...
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Speculators’ bullish bets on U.S. dollar fall -CFTC, Reuters data
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Speculators' net long bets on the U.S. dollar were trimmed in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on ...
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Apple wins court ruling throwing out $308.5 million patent verdict
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Apple Inc persuaded a federal judge to throw out a $308.5 million jury verdict it lost to a privately-held licensing firm for infringing a patent associated with digita...
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