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Bolsonaro extends Brazil payroll tax breaks for two years
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plans to extend payroll tax exemptions for 17 sectors of the economy for another two years, sacrificing government revenue to avoid exacerbating...
Nov 11, 2021
Turkey’s Getir launching operations in U.S. -CEO
By Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's ultrafast grocery-delivery company Getir said on Thursday that it is launching operations in the United States, seeking a foothold in the world's largest ret...
Nov 11, 2021
UK court will ‘take time’ to consider Meghan’s privacy case
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - London's Court of Appeal said it would take time to give its ruling in the privacy battle between Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and a tabloid paper, a case in whi...
Nov 11, 2021
Cinven appoints external adviser for carbon footprint review
By Emma-Victoria Farr (Reuters) - European private equity firm Cinven said on Thursday it had mandated an external adviser to undertake a carbon footprint review of its operations and portfolio emissi...
Nov 11, 2021
Migrant kids, some U.S.-born, endure hardship in Mexico border camp
By Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - In a makeshift camp holding hundreds of migrants near a Mexican border crossing to the United States, children sleep on the floor inside tents, with no prot...
Nov 11, 2021
German coalition parties can count on windfall tax revenues
By Michael Nienaber and Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) - The three parties working to form Germany's next governing coalition can count on windfall tax revenues to fund some of their election prom...
Nov 11, 2021
U.S. has ‘sacred obligation’ to take care of veterans, Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said his administration will work with Congress to make sure the country's veterans get the benefits they have earned."Our administration is going to mee...
Nov 11, 2021
China’s Alibaba records Singles’ Day GMV of $84.54 billion over 11-day sales period
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd recorded Singles' Day gross merchandise value (GMV) of 540.3 billion yuan ($84.54 billion) over the 11-day sales period, the com...
Nov 11, 2021
Prosecutor in Rittenhouse murder trial tangles again with judge
By Nathan Layne KENOSHA, Wis. (Reuters) - The lead prosecutor in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial in Wisconsin on Thursday accused the judge of unfairness, a day after being excoriated for trying to in...
Nov 11, 2021
Analysis: U.S. infrastructure bill makes power broker of transportation chief Buttigieg
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by Congress on Friday is the largest U.S. investment in roads, rail lines and other transportation networks in decade...
Nov 11, 2021
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