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Dow futures hit record high ahead of jobless claims, Disney earnings
(Reuters) - Futures tracking the Dow hit a record high on Thursday ahead of earnings reports from companies including Walt Disney and data expected to show a jobs market recovery was on track. The Lab...
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EdTech platform Emeritus raises $650 million from SoftBank, Accel, others
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Emeritus, an EdTech platform used by some of the world's top universities and other educational institutions for online courses, said on Thursday it raised $650 million ...
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Reddit to raise $700 million at over $10 billion valuation
(Reuters) - Social media platform Reddit said on Thursday it will raise up to $700 million in a late-stage funding led by Fidelity Management and Research Company LLC, giving it a post-money valuation...
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Four beats five as pandemic prompts shorter working week trials
By Clara-Laeila Laudette and Beln Carreo MADRID (Reuters) - From travel to technology, employers across the globe are offering four day weeks as incentives to woo workers after the coronavirus pandemi...
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Over half of crypto tokens stolen in $610 million hack now returned, Poly Network says
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers behind one of the biggest ever digital coin heists have now returned over half of the $610 million-plus they stole, the cryptocurrency platform targeted by the...
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Deutsche Telekom back in deal mode after strong results
By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom confirmed it was in active talks to sell its Dutch unit, signaling movement on Thursday on its portfolio of non-core assets as it reported a fore...
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U.S. employers get religion with vaccine mandates
(Fixes typographical error in the second paragraph) By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) -As coronavirus infections rise again, U.S. companies mandating vaccinations are confronting an uncomfortable ...
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Fed framework gives rise to mash-up of views, averaging strategies
By Howard Schneider (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's new approach to monetary policy, meant to provide a clear path for the central bank to reach its inflation target, has led for now to a conflictin...
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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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