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Natural catastrophe losses hit $40 billion in H1 -Swiss Re study
ZURICH (Reuters) - A deep winter freeze, hailstorms and wildfires led to natural catastrophe losses of $40 billion in the firsthalf of 2021, Swiss Re Institute's preliminary estimates showed on Thursd...
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U.S. to release census data used for legislative redistricting
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The U.S. Census Bureau will release data on Thursday from the 2020 census that states will use to draw congressional and state legislative districts for the next decade, marki...
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Baidu revenue tops estimates, search giant announces CFO transition
(Reuters) -China's Baidu Inc reported quarterly revenue above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, buoyed by a rebound in advertising sales and higher demand for its artificial intelligence and cloud pr...
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Major container ports in eastern China see worsening congestion after COVID cases
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Congestion off China's top two container ports Shanghai and Ningbo is worsening following the shutdown of a container terminal in Ningbo where a COVID-19 case was detecte...
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Lighter winds slow progress at offshore firms Orsted, RWE
By Stine Jacobsen and Christoph Steitz COPENHAGEN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Orsted and RWE, the world's two largest offshore wind players, both suffered from lighter winds in the first half of the year, hi...
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Cloud firm Talkdesk’s valuation jumps to $10 billion after fresh funding
By Eva Mathews (Reuters) - Cloud services firm Talkdesk Inc said on Thursday it raised $230 million in fresh funding, pushing its valuation to more than $10 billion, at a time of greater demand for so...
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Lebanon government says central bank broke law with fuel subsidy decision
By Nafisa Eltahir and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker prime minister said on Thursday the central bank had broken the law by deciding to remove fuel subsidies, and the damage done wou...
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Facebook may have to sell Giphy on Britain’s competition concerns
(Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog said on Thursday it could require Facebook Inc to sell GIF website Giphy after its investigation found that the deal between the two companies would harm com...
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Crypto fashion: why people pay real money for virtual clothes
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - People care what their avatars are wearing. When the virtual world Decentraland said in June users could make and sell their own clothing for avatars to wear o...
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Exclusive-UK’s Inmarsat to drive growth with industry-leading L-band upgrade
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -British satellite operator Inmarsat said it would launch a major upgrade to its L-band services to offer faster speeds and smaller low-cost terminals for its air, land...
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