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China’s industrial profit growth tumbles as raw material prices fall
BEIJING (Reuters) - Profits at China's industrial firms grew at a much slower pace in November, the statistics bureau said on Monday, pressured by tumbling prices of some raw materials, a faltering pr...
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Oil prices mixed, U.S. crude falls after COVID-19 flight cancellations
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices were mixed on Monday, with Brent edging up while U.S. crude futures slipped after airlines called off thousands of flights in the United States over Ch...
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Japan’s Nov retail sales rise for second month
By Kantaro Komiya and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's retail sales rose faster than expected in November, thanks to decreasing COVID-19 cases, which have encouraged shoppers to ramp up sp...
Syndicated Content Dec 26, 2021
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ becomes first pandemic-era movie to smash $1 billion milestone globally
By Rebecca Rubin LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "Spider-Man: No Way Home" unwrapped the best Christmas gift of all, becoming the first pandemic-era movie to cross $1 billion at the global box office. Son...
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One person seriously injured in East Bluff house fire
UPDATE – PEORIA, Ill. -Four people escaped a Peoria house fire, but one of them was injured seriously. Firefighters arrived at 1900 N. Dechman Ave. at 9:39 a.m. Sunday to see fire coming from a ...
Ed Hammond Dec 26, 2021
UAE plans to scrap import monopolies of some big merchant families – FT
(Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates government has told some of its biggest business families that it plans to remove their monopolies on the sale of imported goods, the Financial Times reported on S...
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U.S. Rep. Jayapal asks Biden to continue focus on ‘Build Back Better’, urges executive action
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, a leading liberal House Democrat, has asked President Joe Biden to continue focusing on his social spending legislation and urged him...
Syndicated Content Dec 26, 2021
U.S. holiday retail sales rise 8.5% as online shopping booms, Mastercard says
(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose 8.5% during this year's holiday shopping season from Nov. 1 to Dec 24, a report by Mastercard Inc said on Sunday, powered by a rush to stores amid supply chain conce...
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China Evergrande reports progress in resuming home deliveries
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group said on Sunday it had made initial progress in resuming construction work with its chairman vowing to deliver 39,000 units of properties in December, compar...
Syndicated Content Dec 26, 2021
Omicron grounds hundreds more U.S. flights over Christmas weekend
By Humeyra Pamuk and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines called off hundreds of flights for a third day in a row on Sunday as surging COVID-19 infections due to the highly transmissibl...
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