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As rates hug zero, former BOJ chief Shirakawa casts doubt on mainstream policy
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The validity of mainstream economics and monetary policy prescriptions are now being questioned, as many central banks face zero interest rates after struggling to pr...
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Prosecution may not call star witness in 1st trial in U.S. college admissions scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - One key face could be missing from the first trial beginning this week in the U.S. college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy corporate executives an...
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From Shanksville’s scorched woods, two arborists emerged as unsung heroes of 9/11
By Jonathan Allen SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (Reuters) - The hemlock grove where United Airlines Flight 93 hurtled to the ground in rural Pennsylvania still haunts Mark Trautman and Ben Haupt 20 years later. Be...
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Virginia to remove statue of Confederate hero Robert E. Lee on Wednesday
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A Virginia statue of Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee, a focus of protests over racial injustice, is scheduled to be removed on Wednesday after a year-long le...
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Nobelist, senior Democratic economist Stiglitz says Fed’s Powell should go
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For U.S. President Joe Biden to be true to his agenda he should not renominate Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, Nobel prize-winning economist and long...
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Money, mimicry and mind control: Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI
By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In September last year, Google's cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm decide whom to lend money to....
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Fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes set to begin
By Jody Godoy SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes goes on trial on Wednesday in federal court, with prosecutors poised to lay out fraud charges against the former Silicon Va...
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Australian media outlets liable for Facebook comments, court finds
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's biggest news publishers including Rupert Murdoch's the Australian are responsible for comments that readers post on their corporate Facebook pages, the High Court rul...
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Standard Chartered sees bitcoin hitting $100,000 by early next year
LONDON (Reuters) - A new cryptocurrency research team at Standard Chartered has predicted bitcoin will double in value and hit $100,000 by early next year and that it could be worth as much as $175,00...
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World’s largest plant capturing carbon from air starts in Iceland
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The world's largest plant that sucks carbon dioxide directly from the air and deposits it underground is due to start operating on Wednesday, the company behind the nascent gree...
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