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Van carrying migrants overturns in Texas, 10 killed -reports
(Reuters) -Ten people were killed and 12 injured on Wednesday when a van carrying 25 migrants crashed in southern Texas, about 90 miles (150 km) from the United States-Mexico border, local media repor...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. charges Florida resident in alleged money laundering, bribery scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Florida resident has been charged in an alleged scheme to bribe Venezuelan officials to obtain $250 million in contracts and launder funds, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday....
Aug 04, 2021
Singapore lender DBS second-quarter profit jumps 37%, beats market estimates
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's DBS Group Holdings reported a better-than-expected 37% rise in quarterly net profit on Thursday as Southeast Asia's largest lender benefited from broad-based loan gro...
Aug 04, 2021
Fed’s Daly sees bond program taper later this year, early next
(Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Wednesday said that mostly likely the U.S. central bank will be in position to begin to reduce its massive asset buying program later t...
Aug 04, 2021
COVID in Louisiana shows consequences of Delta variant, low vaccination rate
By Brad Brooks NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Low vaccination rates and the more infectious Delta variant are converging to create a new COVID-19 crisis for Louisiana as the United States and the world face ...
Aug 04, 2021
Yellen says new U.S. eviction moratorium buys time to speed rental aid funds
By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday her department will use a 60-day extension of a moratorium on residential evictions to try to accelerate the di...
Aug 04, 2021
Hyundai to take stake in German hydrogen fuelling group H2 Mobility
By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co will invest in Germany's H2 Mobility network of hydrogen fuelling station operators, it said on Thursday, as it looks to support infrastructure fo...
Aug 04, 2021
Sun Life quarterly profit beats estimates on business, assets growth
TORONTO (Reuters) - Sun Life Financial, Canada's second-largest life insurer, on Wednesday beat analysts' estimates for quarterly core profit, which rose on business and asset growth in its funds mana...
Aug 04, 2021
Factbox: Major U.S. companies making masks, vaccines mandatory
(Reuters) - The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States due to the Delta variant and the new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that requires fully vacci...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats target Big Oil for carbon polluters fund
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic U.S. senators on Wednesday unveiled legislation establishing a $500 billion fund to be financed by Big Oil and other "carbon polluters" th...
Aug 04, 2021
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