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Exor, Covea clinch $9 billion PartnerRe reinsurer deal on pre-pandemic terms
MILAN (Reuters) -Exor, the holding company of Italy's Agnelli family, has entered a preliminary agreement to sell its PartnerRe re-insurer to French insurance group Covea for $9 billion, bringing home...
Oct 28, 2021
Starbucks sales fall short as China hit by COVID-19 resurgence
(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp missed market estimates for quarterly same-store sales on Thursday, as a COVID-19 resurgence in China closed stores in several major cities and overshadowed a strong perform...
Oct 28, 2021
Amazon’s holiday-quarter forecast disappoints as labor, supply issues mount
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Thursday forecast holiday-quarter sales well below Wall Street expectations, as a tightening job market and supply shortages make it difficult for retailers to keep their...
Oct 28, 2021
Misdemeanor complaint related to sex crime filed against ex-NY governor Cuomo -court spokesman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A misdemeanor complaint has been filed against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in a court in Albany, the state's capital, a spokesman for the New York state courts said on T...
Oct 28, 2021
Democrats scrap bank reporting requirement from U.S. spending package
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banks will not be required to report additional information about certain accounts to the Internal Revenue Service after Democrats removed the proposal fr...
Oct 28, 2021
G20 leaders to commit to keeping 1.5 Celsius goal in reach – draft
ROME (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of 20 rich countries will recognise this weekend that urgent steps must be taken to keep in reach the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, acco...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Biden’s solicitor general pick Prelogar
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Elizabeth Prelogar to serve as U.S. solicitor general, approving President Joe Biden's pick to be his chief advocate before the U.S. S...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. administers 417.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 417,795,537 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Thursday morning and distributed 510,735,525 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Oct 28, 2021
White House will keep working on prescription drug pricing after it falls out of spending bill
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday that the administration will continue working on prescription drug pricing after it did not make it int...
Oct 28, 2021
Oklahoma can carry out executions of John Grant, Julius Jones, high court rules
(Reuters) -The Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday overturned a stay of execution for two condemned prisoners in Oklahoma, allowing the state to move forward with its first executions in si...
Oct 28, 2021
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