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Microsoft shares edge higher on $60 billion buyback program
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp shares rose 1% in early trading on Wednesday after the company announced a $60 billion share repurchase plan, its biggest ever. The announcement comes just days after two U....
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Twitter ban in Nigeria to end ‘very soon’, information minister says
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria said on Wednesday it expects to end its ban on Twitter in a "few more days", raising hopes among users eager to return to the social media platform three months after the sus...
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Most executives think their ESG programs fall short, survey finds
By Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - More than half of 530 corporate executives have little or no confidence in the reliability and maturity of their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) pr...
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Monte dei Paschi prepares to close 50 branches – letter to unions
MILAN (Reuters) -Monte dei Paschi di Siena is preparing to close 50 branches in line with commitments taken with European Union authorities under its restructuring plan through 2021, according to a co...
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Volvo Cars gears up for $20 billion IPO in coming weeks, sources say
By Helena Soderpalm, Arno Schuetze and Abhinav Ramnarayan STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - China's Geely Holding is in advanced discussions with banks to list its Volvo Cars unit in the coming weeks, three sourc...
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EV maker Xpeng could consider acquisitions to expand capacity
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc would consider acquiring less successful rivals to expand production capacity in the future, company President Brian Gu told reporters duri...
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South Carolina lawyer plotted own shooting in $10 million insurance scheme – police
(Reuters) - A prominent South Carolina attorney whose wife and son were murdered in June conspired with a man to shoot him to death so that a surviving son could collect a $10 million insurance payout...
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Largest U.S. biofuels producer pledges carbon neutrality by 2050
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - POET, the largest biofuels producer in the United States, said on Wednesday it is committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions at its bioprocessing faciliti...
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UK COVID-19 business insurance payouts top one billion pounds -watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) - Small companies in Britain, which demanded that their insurers cover claims for losses accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic, have received more than one billion pounds ($1.4 billion...
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Fading retail demand for U.S. stocks could hit S&P 500 – Vanda
(Reuters) - Retail investors' appetite for U.S. stocks has fallen in the past week, data from Vanda Research showed on Wednesday, increasing the odds for a broader sell-off in the S&P 500 at a time wh...
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