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Viasat buys Britain’s Inmarsat in $7.3 billion satellite play
By Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -Viasat agreed to buy British rival Inmarsat on Monday in a $7.3 billion deal to broaden the U.S. based company's satellite and land-based communications services. The ta...
Nov 08, 2021
Beefed up EU tech rules could be global standard, says Facebook whistleblower
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's draft rules requiring tech firms to do more to tackle illegal online content could become a global gold standard for a safer online world if they are beef...
Nov 08, 2021
Fed’s Evans: inflation rise is ‘temporary,’ but sees upside risk
(Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans on Monday repeated his view that the current surge in inflation is largely "temporary" and will fade as supply-side pressures get resol...
Nov 08, 2021
Make your CEO learn French, Canada tells Air Canada board
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The chief executive of Canada's largest carrier should have to improve his French as part of his annual board review, the country's No. 2 government official said on Monday as a l...
Nov 08, 2021
Turkey to cut some fixed electricity fees to help consumers
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey will remove two fixed payments from electricity bills to help consumers, adding his government had already subsidised some energy...
Nov 08, 2021
Explainer-Whether centrist or progressive, the Fed’s new regulatory chief has long to-do list
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While the U.S. Federal Reserve's next top regulatory official is still in the balance, one thing is certain: whoever gets the job will have a jam-packed agenda...
Nov 08, 2021
U.S. has seized $6.1 million tied to Russian ransomware operator -Justice Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has seized $6.1 million in relation to Russian ransomware operator Yevgeniy Polyanin, top U.S. Justice Department officials said on Monday. U.S. Attorney Gener...
Nov 08, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court mulls FBI bid to block Muslim civil rights suit
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared reluctant to block religious discrimination claims brought by three Muslim men from California who accused the ...
Nov 08, 2021
Ferrell, Rudd swap comedy for the sinister in ‘The Shrink Next Door’
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Best known for his laugh-out-loud movies, actor and comedian Will Ferrell found it "liberating" to branch out in "The Shrink Next Door", a dark comedy abou...
Nov 08, 2021
Crypto assets are helping illegal activity, BoE’s Bailey says
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday that the rise of crypto assets was helping illegal activity. "I'm afraid that the advent of digital means of payment, and in pa...
Nov 08, 2021
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