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In Brazil favela, skateboards made of bottle caps promote recycling
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - In Brazil's largest favela of Rocinha, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, a local project aims to promote recycling by donating food in exchange for bottle caps that are us...
Oct 25, 2021
TikTok to be in congressional hotseat over school-trashing content
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - TikTok will face questions about content that may have led children and teens to steal from or vandalize school bathrooms and other facilities when it and other large social med...
Oct 25, 2021
Apple likely to face DOJ Antitrust suit- The Information
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has accelerated its two-year-old antitrust probe of Apple Inc in the last several months, increasing the likelihood of a lawsuit, The Information repor...
Oct 25, 2021
Pritzker: State will be ready if FDA approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children this week
CHICAGO, Ill. – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker sas the state will be ready, if the Food and Drug Administration approves a version of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for five- to eleven-year-olds. Pr...
Oct 25, 2021
Tesla’s $1 trillion value a double bonanza for Musk
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - The surge in Tesla Inc's stock market value beyond $1 trillion on Monday is a double bonanza for Chief Executive Elon Musk, the electric car maker's largest shareholder. ...
Oct 25, 2021
Fed to hold conferences in November focused on diversity and inclusion
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will host a series of diversity and inclusion conferences in November focusing on underrepresented groups and their experiences in the economics profession, central ban...
Oct 25, 2021
Investigators still seeking key answers in Alec Baldwin shooting case
By Lisa Richwine SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - Authorities investigating the movie-set shooting by Alec Baldwin will ask for a ballistics analysis they hope will help answer the key question of what type...
Oct 25, 2021
AIG names Shane Fitzsimons as new CFO
(Reuters) - American International Group said on Monday it has appointed Shane Fitzsimons as chief financial officer, replacing Mark Lyons who will step into another role from January. (Reporting by A...
Oct 25, 2021
New York City police union files lawsuit to block vaccine mandate
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - New York City's police union filed a lawsuit on Monday against a vaccine mandate for municipal workers ordered last week by Mayor Bill de Blasio. The mayor on Wednesday o...
Oct 25, 2021
Amazon signs deal with British spy agencies to boost use of AI for espionage -FT
(Reuters) - Britain's three spy agencies have given a contract to Amazon Web Services, Amazon's cloud service unit, to host classified material in a deal aimed at boosting the use of data analytics an...
Oct 25, 2021
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