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Walmart to hire 150,000 U.S. store workers ahead of holiday season
(Reuters) -Walmart Inc said on Wednesday it was planning to hire about 150,000 new U.S. store workers, most of them permanent and full-time, in preparation for the busy holiday season. The U.S. retail...
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Fed’s Harker says it will soon be time to begin tapering bond purchases
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's massive asset purchases helped to stabilize markets at the start of the pandemic but it will "soon" be time to start reducing them, Philadelphia Fed Bank President Pa...
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Angelo Gordon hires Blackstone’s Soussa as chief strategy officer
BOSTON (Reuters) - Investment firm Angelo Gordon, which focuses on credit and real estate, said on Wednesday it hired a senior executive from Blackstone Group as its chief strategy officer. Scott Sous...
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German IT security watchdog examines Xiaomi mobile phone
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's federal cybersecurity watchdog, the BSI, is conducting a technical examination of a mobile phone manufactured by China's Xiaomi Corp, a spokesperson for the interior minist...
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Experts tip Tsikhanouskaya, Thunberg or reporters for Nobel Peace Prize
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - This year's Nobel Peace Prize could go to exiled Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, climate activist Greta Thunberg, or a media watchdog such as Reporter...
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Luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce to switch to all electric range by 2030
BERLIN (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce will produce only electric cars by 2030, the luxury carmaker said on Wednesday, joining other premium brands making the switch such as Volkswagen's Bentley and Jaguar's ...
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Besieged by seaweed, Caribbean scrambles to make use of the stuff
By Cassandra Garrison, Sarah Marsh and Jake Spring PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico (Reuters) - As the sun rises in Mexico's Quintana Roo state, home to the white sandy beaches of Cancun and Tulum, Rear Admiral...
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Exclusive-UniCredit working with AMCO to offload risk on 11.8 billion euros of MPS loans -sources
By Valentina Za and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's UniCredit is working on a scheme to offload risks on 11.8 billion euros ($14 billion) of Monte dei Paschi loans deemed in danger of turning...
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Volkswagen cuts working hours at German site until mid-October
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen, which is suffering from an ongoing shortage of automotive chips, will cut working hours at its main German factory in Wolfsburg until the middle of October, it said o...
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Tazewell County man sentenced for using app to entice a child to have sex
PEORIA, Ill. — A federal judge has sentenced a Washington man to 10 years in federal prison for trying to lure a minor into having sex with him. After serving his sentence, 28-year-old Thomas Al...
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