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Forbes to merge with blank-check firm in $630 million deal
(Reuters) - Business news and information company Forbes Global Media Holdings Inc will go public through a merger with a blank-check acquisition vehicle, the companies said on Thursday, in a deal tha...
Aug 26, 2021
U.S. second-quarter economic growth revised slightly higher; weekly jobless claims rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy grew a bit faster than initially thought in the second quarter, lifting the level of gross domestic product above its pre-pandemic peak, as massive fiscal stimu...
Aug 26, 2021
As shakes and chicken go off the menu, firms urge UK to act
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's leading employers are pushing the government to urgently increase funding to retrain workers and allow Europeans back into key sectors as supply chains buck...
Aug 26, 2021
WeWork to provide hybrid work solutions to U.S. government employees
(Reuters) - Office-sharing startup WeWork said on Thursday it had won a U.S. federal contract to provide hybrid work solutions to government employees, as a spike in COVID-19 cases prompts employers t...
Aug 26, 2021
Update: Pritzker reinstates indoor mask mandate
CHICAGO — Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a new COVID-19 policy for the state on Thursday, requiring eligible students and school staffers to be vaccinated and all to wear masks in sch...
Aug 26, 2021
EU worried at Lebanon’s fast deterioration, says time has run out
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The European Union is deeply concerned at the rapid deterioration of the crisis in Lebanon, its ambassador to Beirut said on Thursday, telling Lebanese leaders the time for action h...
Aug 26, 2021
Canada’s CIBC, TD earnings beat estimates but loan growth performance diverges
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) both beat estimates for third-quarter profits on Thursday, driven mostly by releases ...
Aug 26, 2021
Graffiti artist captures lightness of clouds to lift spirits
By Denis Balibouse MOLESON, Switzerland (Reuters) - A French graffiti artist's monumental mountaintop project aims to encourage a more contemplative approach to life by inspiring childlike wonder at c...
Aug 26, 2021
Illinois governor to announce mask mandate, order vaccines for schools – reports
(Reuters) -Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is expected to announce a new COVID-19 policy for the state on Thursday, requiring eligible students and school staffers to be vaccinated and to wear masks i...
Aug 26, 2021
Fed’s George: Taper should come ‘sooner rather than later’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kansas City Federal Reserve president Esther George said Thursday the Fed should start trimming its monthly bond purchases "sooner rather than later" given expected continued jo...
Aug 26, 2021
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