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U.S. teachers’ union shifts stance to back vaccine mandate as COVID surges
(Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for U.S. teachers to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union...
Julia Bradley Aug 09, 2021
Jeffrey Epstein victims’ fund awards $125 million as claims process ends
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of a fund providing restitution to victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses said on Monday she has finished the claims process, and awarded nearly $...
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Mexico’s central bank seen hiking interest rate to 4.50%: Reuters poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican central bank is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate at its next monetary policy meeting on Thursday, with inflation still well above policymakers' ...
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Impossible Foods names David Borecky as CFO
(Reuters) - Plant-based burger maker Impossible Foods said on Monday it had promoted interim finance head David Borecky to the role of Chief Financial Officer. The company also said it had named Leila...
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German hard coal imports could rise in 2021, importers group VDKi says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's hard coal imports could rise to 35-36 million tonnes in 2021, coal importers group VDKi said on Monday, adding that the final import figures could be affected by a whol...
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U.S. Senate Democrats unveil $3.5 trillion budget plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A $3.5 trillion budget plan unveiled by U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday calls for tax credits and grants to encourage "clean energy" manufacturing and transportation, while also...
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Rio Tinto mismanagement caused cost overrun at Mongolian mine – WSJ
(Reuters) - An expert group reviewing the cause of a $1.4 billion cost overrun at a Mongolian mine run by Rio Tinto said it was caused by the miner's mismanagement, the Wall Street Journal reported on...
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Germany’s flood recovery fund to top 20 billion euros -sources
By Holger Hansen and Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's planned flood recovery fund will top 20 billion euros ($23.5 billion), more than double an initial projection, two people familiar wi...
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Bidders line up for Haifa port with final sale in sight
By Jonathan Saul and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Four investment groups are looking to acquire the Israeli port of Haifa estimated to be valued as high as $600 million with formal bids expec...
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BioNTech says has supplied more than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses so far
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech and partner Pfizer have supplied more than one billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine as per July 21, a bigger number than delivered by competitor Astr...
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