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Walgreens, CVS shut some stores as Omicron variant complicates staffing issues
(Reuters) - U.S. drugstore chain operators Walgreens Boots Alliance and CVS Health Corp said on Friday they were forced to temporarily shut some stores due to staffing issues triggered by the latest s...
Jan 14, 2022
Gen Z investors shift focus from ‘meme-stocks’ to the ‘metaverse,’ report shows
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Enthusiasm around "meme stocks" has eased for young investors a year on from the GameStop Corp trading frenzy, with Gen Z's attention shifting to companies in area...
Jan 14, 2022
Biden taps Raskin, Cook and Jefferson for Fed Board
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday nominated former Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin to be the central bank's vice chair for supervision and two Black economists, Lis...
Jan 14, 2022
Waymo, J.B. Hunt expand tie-up to commercialize autonomous trucking technology
(Reuters) - U.S. truck fleet operator J.B. Hunt Transport Services and Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo are expanding their alliance to deploy fully autonomous trucking operations in Texas in th...
Jan 14, 2022
U.S. import prices fall in December on petroleum products
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. import prices unexpectedly fell in December amid a decline in the cost of petroleum products, adding to signs that the worst of high inflation was probably over. Import pri...
Jan 14, 2022
Office Depot parent delays spin-off after new offer for consumer business
(Reuters) - ODP Corp said on Friday it had decided to delay its previously announced plans to split into two public companies to mull over sale offers for its consumer business, sending its shares up ...
Jan 14, 2022
Kazakhstan’s bitcoin ‘paradise’ may be losing its lustre
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Kazakhstan may no longer be the bitcoin sanctuary it once was, according to some big miners who are looking to leave the global crypto hub following internet shutdowns...
Jan 14, 2022
Reliance, Hyundai, Mahindra bid for incentives under India’s $2.4 billion battery scheme
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co and automaker Mahindra & Mahindra are among companies that have submitted bids under the cou...
Jan 14, 2022
ECB will do everything it takes to get inflation to 2%: Lagarde
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank remains confident that inflation will fall this year but stands ready to adjust policy to get to this goal, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Frid...
Jan 14, 2022
Five things we learnt from UK retailers’ Christmas updates
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest names in British retail have published Christmas trading updates over the past few days. What have we learnt from the flood of announcements? 1) C...
Jan 14, 2022
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