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Shanghai cracks down on ‘black mouth’ online stock manipulators
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Internet and securities watchdogs in China's financial hub Shanghai have waged a campaign against "black mouths", commentators who try to manipulate stock prices with online posts...
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Uber partners with GetUpside to offer promotions to drivers, delivery people
(Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it had partnered with retail technology startup GetUpside that would allow its drivers and delivery people in the United States get cashbacks and disc...
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U.S. to press on with Afghan evacuations over coming weeks -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is still committed to its drawdown in Afghanistan and will seek to evacuate as many U.S. citizens and Afghan interpreters as possible in coming weeks, Pentagon...
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IKEA starts selling renewable energy to households in Sweden
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - IKEA, the world's biggest furniture brand, is branching out into selling renewable energy to households, starting with home market Sweden in September. Ingka Gr...
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Futures slip ahead of retail sales data
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday ahead of data that is likely to show the pace of the U.S. economic recovery slowed, while Home Depot kicked off the retail earnings season on a dou...
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Spain gets tranche of 9 billion euros in EU COVID recovery fund, Lithuania 289 million
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain on Tuesday received its first tranche of money amounting to 9 billion euros ($10.6 billion) from the 800 billion euro EU Recovery Fund meant to help the bloc recover from th...
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U.S. Democrats ride trains, buses to spotlight spending push
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats are riding buses and trains and holding roundtable discussions this summer as they make the case that a government spending blitz backed by Pres...
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As murders surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police
By James Oliphant and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last summer, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser played a high-profile role in the protests sweeping America over police killings of Black suspects...
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Exclusive-Guinea rail builders blast in chimp habitat, no plan to protect apes
By Helen Reid and Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A Chinese-backed consortium building infrastructure for a massive iron ore mine in Guinea started blasting a railway tunnel in a habitat for a cri...
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Walmart beats U.S. sales estimates on back-to-school demand, raises forecast
(Reuters) -Walmart Inc raised its annual U.S. same-store sales forecast after beating analysts' estimates on Tuesday, buoyed by customers splurging on back-to-school products from backpacks to clothes...
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