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UK watchdog criticises lack of fraud checks on COVID loans
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government failed to guard properly against fraud in its 47 billion-pound ($63 billion) COVID emergency lending programme for small businesses, opening i...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. House to consider bill to clamp down on products from China’s Xinjiang
By Michael Martina and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider a bill as soon as next week that would ban imports from China's Xinjiang region ove...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. Treasury to unveil funding boost for minority lending next week
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice President Kamala Harris will announce significant new funding to boost lending to minority-owned businesses and lo...
Dec 02, 2021
Australia’s CSL in exclusive talks for $7 billion buyout of Swiss Vifor Pharma – report
(Reuters) - Australian biopharmaceutical giant CSL Ltd is in exclusive talks to buy Swiss drugmaker Vifor Pharma in a A$10 billion ($7 billion) deal, Australian media reported, sending the Swiss drugm...
Dec 02, 2021
Chian’s Kaisa offer to extend maturity on $400 million offshore bond lapses
(Reuters) - China's Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd on Thursday said its offer to extend the maturity of a $400 million bond has lapsed after it did not receive the minimum 95% approval from the bondholders....
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. confirms Sullenberger to international aviation post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed C. B. "Sully" Sullenberger to be the U.S. representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United...
Dec 02, 2021
New U.S. COVID-19 international travel testing rules take effect Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. rules requiring international air travelers to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel will take effect Monday at 12:01 a.m. ET (0501 GMT), sources bri...
Dec 02, 2021
U.S. newsrooms wrestle with how best to reflect the communities they cover
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - U.S. news organizations that grappled with issues of race and bias in their coverage after the killing of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 have had ...
Dec 02, 2021
Pro-Trump lawyers ordered to pay $175,000 for ‘frivolous’ election lawsuit
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered Sidney Powell and other lawyers who sued in Michigan to overturn Democratic President Joe Biden's election victory to pay a $175,00...
Dec 02, 2021
SoftBank-backed Banco Inter says won’t proceed with Nasdaq listing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian digital lender Banco Inter SA said it will not proceed with a planned listing on Nasdaq for now, according to a securities filing on Thursday. Inter, which is backed by...
Dec 02, 2021
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