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Lack of homes for sale in UK keeps up pressure on prices – RICS
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people in Britain putting their home up for sale fell for an eighth month in a row in November, placing further upward pressure on house prices, the ...
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Ransomware attack on Australian utility claimed by Russian-speaking criminals
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - One of the most prolific Russian-speaking ransomware gangs has claimed credit for a weekend attack on an Australian electric utility serving millions of people...
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Robbie Shakespeare of reggae duo Sly and Robbie dies at 68
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare, the Jamaican bass guitarist best known as half of the reggae and dub duo Sly and Robbie, died on Wednesday, Jamaica's culture ministe...
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Texas school district reviewing over 400 books, pulls them from library shelves
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - A San Antonio, Texas, school district has removed over 400 books from library shelves, works included on a list that a conservative state lawmaker has said ma...
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Software maker HashiCorp raises $1.2 billion in U.S. IPO -source
By Echo Wang (Reuters) -Cloud software vendor HashiCorp on Wednesday sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) above its target range to raise $1.2 billion, a person familiar with the matter sa...
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Buffett-backed Nubank becomes Latin America’s most valuable listed bank
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Latin American fintech Nubank priced its class A shares on Wednesday at $9 each in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange which valued it as the biggest listed ...
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Exclusive-Japan Inc sees higher profits, but not wages, in year ahead
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - A majority of Japanese firms expect to freeze or cut wages in the next year even as many see profits rising, a Reuters poll found, illustrating how Japan Inc's l...
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Better.com CEO apologizes after laying off 900 employees via Zoom call
(Reuters) - The chief executive of Better.com apologized for his manner of handling layoffs at the mortgage company after a video of him firing 900 people last week via a Zoom call went viral on socia...
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Google to give additional staff bonus next year
By Maria Ponnezhath (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Wednesday it will give an additional bonus next year to its employees globally, as the tech giant pushes back its return-to-office plan. G...
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Analysis-Alibaba’s e-commerce empire under threat from Douyin, Pinduoduo
By Sophie Yu and Josh Horwitz BEIJING (Reuters) - For more than a decade, Alibaba Group has been China's undisputed e-commerce king but of late its crown has shown signs of slipping, unsettled by an i...
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