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Amazon makes first venture fund bets with $150 million for underrepresented founders
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is investing in outside venture capital funds for the first time, saying on Wednesday it planned to hand $150 million to firms that are backing underrepres...
Oct 05, 2022
Atlantia’s board deems Benetton-Blackstone’s takeover offer fair
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's infrastructure group Atlantia regards the share price in the tender offer announced by Edizione and Blackstone as fair from a financial point of view, it said on Wednesday. I...
Oct 05, 2022
WTO sees sharp slowdown in global trade growth in 2023
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization forecast a sharp slowdown of global goods trade growth next year as spiralling energy prices, rising interest rates and higher bills for food and fertil...
Oct 05, 2022
French actresses cut hair in protest over Mahsa Amini’s death
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - Leading French actresses including Juliette Binoche and Isabelle Huppert have cut locks of hair in protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian woman w...
Oct 05, 2022
Cargill aims to boost ships’ use of biofuel, methanol to cut emissions
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cargill Inc seeks to boost its use of biofuels in a bunkering trial and plans to order methanol-fuelled ships as part of its plans to cut emissions, a senior executive of the glo...
Oct 05, 2022
About 30,000 passengers likely to be affected by Eurowings pilot strike
BERLIN (Reuters) - About 30,000 passengers will likely be affected by a one-day strike by pilots at Eurowings on Thursday, said Lufthansa's budget airline, which added that it was doing everything it ...
Oct 05, 2022
Fed’s delayed inflation fight sparks fears of a policy overcorrection
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Faced with mounting evidence that loose U.S. monetary policy contributed to the breakout of inflation last year, the Federal Reserve now faces the risk it ju...
Oct 05, 2022
Marketmind: Not so fast
A look at the day ahead in United States and global markets from Mike Dolan U-turns are clearly in the air this week, with Elon Musk's volte face on buying Twitter on Tuesday following Britain's top r...
Oct 05, 2022
U.S. senators ask Starbucks for information about union dealings
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four U.S. Senators have asked Starbucks to disclose how much the coffee chain has spent on lawyers and consulting fees to counter the growing union membership at hu...
Oct 05, 2022
Who will be the next James Bond? Producers mull choice as film franchise turns 60
By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - James Bond, the martini-drinking, tuxedo-wearing British secret agent, celebrates 60 years on the silver screen on Wednesday -- but who will be the next actor to...
Oct 05, 2022
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