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Analysis-Extreme weather sounds alarm for under-insured China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Devastating summer floods in the populous province of Henan in central China are a wake-up call for local authorities to seek better insurance cover against natural disasters, pote...
Aug 11, 2021
Dollar off 4-month high as cooling inflation eases pressure for Fed
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held near a four-month peak against major peers on Thursday after retreating overnight as a cooling in consumer inflation tempered bets for an earlier ti...
Aug 11, 2021
Japan wholesale inflation hits 13-year high as import costs rise
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese wholesale prices rose in July at their fastest annual pace in 13 years, data showed on Thursday, a sign the global commodity inflation and a weak yen were pu...
Aug 11, 2021
DoorDash held talks to buy Instacart- The Information
(Reuters) - U.S. food delivery firm DoorDash Inc held talks over the past two months to buy grocery delivery company Instacart for a likely price of between $40 billion and $50 billion, The Informatio...
Aug 11, 2021
U.S. administers 353.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 353,205,544 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 409,566,315 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Aug 11, 2021
Hugh Jackman chases memories in submerged Miami in ‘Reminiscence’
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - He may be a Hollywood superstar but Hugh Jackman says he could not believe his latest leading role was written specifically for him. "In my head, I was like 'Oh, Br...
Aug 11, 2021
UK housing market comes off boil, still hot – RICS
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's red-hot housing market cooled a little last month in July as the partial removal of a temporary cut to property purchase taxes caused a slight drop in demand from new buye...
Aug 11, 2021
Global investors bet on China’s rental property amid shifting political winds
By Samuel Shen and Kane Wu SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Beijing's regulatory firestorm is hitting large swathes of China's economy, but global investors including Blackstone and Warburg Pincus are ramping up ...
Aug 11, 2021
U.S. FDA set to authorize COVID-19 vaccine boosters for immunocompromised patients – NBC News
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize a third booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc for people with weakened immune systems, NBC News rep...
Aug 11, 2021
Australia’s NAB posts 10.3% rise in cash profit, upbeat on outlook
(Reuters) -National Australia Bank Ltd, the country's No. 3 lender, said on Thursday its third-quarter cash profit rose 10.3% as it was able to move funds set aside for potential COVID-19 losses back ...
Aug 11, 2021
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