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U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak requiring employee vaccinations or testing — memo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak will require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1 or submit to weekly testing. The railroad also said starting Oct. 4 a...
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Nigeria to lift Twitter ban, minister says
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria will soon lift its ban on Twitter after resolving some of its differences with the social media platform, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Wednesday. The Nigerian gov...
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Fed’s Bostic says the pandemic widened economic disparities
(Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic exacerbated economic inequalities that existed before the crisis, leading to greater employment losses for women, Black workers and people in rural areas, Atlanta ...
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Pandemic and staycationing lift Swedish book sales to record levels
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Book sales in Sweden hit an all-time high in the first half of 2021 as people travelled less and entertained themselves at home more than usual during the pandemic, setting the i...
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Samsung unveils new foldable smartphones with lower prices to expand market
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest high-end foldable smartphones on Wednesday with lower prices than last year's offerings in a push to expand foldable demand beyon...
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A purrfect match! Animal shelter puts lonely pets on Tinder
MUNICH (Reuters) - A German animal shelter is trying a new approach to find homes for abandoned pets: it is posting their profiles on dating app Tinder in the hope that lonely humans looking for love ...
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Ford battery venture with SK Innovation will extend into Europe – Ford exec
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's electric vehicle battery joint venture with South Korea's SK Innovation Co Ltd will extend beyond North America into Europe, a senior Ford executive ...
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Timeline: Key events in Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a Chinese court's sentencing of Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for espionage on Wednesda...
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Picasso’s leaving Las Vegas for auction block
(Reuters) - Some 11 Picasso paintings and works by the Spanish artist are going up for auction in October as casino and hotel group MGM Resorts seeks to further diversify its vast art collection. The ...
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Citigroup tries hand as matchmaker for U.S. small businesses and local banks
By David Henry (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc is launching a pilot service to digitally match U.S. small- and medium-sized businesses with local and regional banks willing to lend them up to $10 million. C...
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