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Walgreens names Tim Wentworth as its new CEO – WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. pharmacy chain operator Walgreens Boots Alliance will name Tim Wentworth as its new chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Last month, Rosalind Brewer had abrup...
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Kia Corp’s unionised workers to go on partial strike over wages
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - Kia Corp's unionised workers in South Korea will go on a partial strike for six working days from Oct. 12 after three months of talks with the company stalled over w...
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Asia stocks hit 2-week high as Fed talk turns dovish
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's stockmarkets rose on Wednesday and the dollar beat a retreat as a dovish shift in tone from Federal Reserve officials had traders paring U.S. interest rat...
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New Zealand’s economy poses challenge for election victor
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's major parties have promised voters cost-of-living relief if they win Saturday's general election, but there is one major obstacle - a central bank ...
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Hacktivists stoke Israel-Gaza conflict online
By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter (Reuters) - Hacktivist groups say they are hitting Israeli targets online amid the war in Israel and Gaza, disrupting and defacing websites like the Jerusalem Po...
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Eric Clapton and Kurt Cobain guitars could fetch up to $2 million each at auction
By Rollo Ross (Reuters) - Two iconic guitars played by Eric Clapton and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain could each fetch $1 million to $2 million when they go up for auction in November. Clapton's "The Fool", a...
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Exclusive-Southeast Asia eyes hands-off AI rules, defying EU ambitions
By Fanny Potkin and Supantha Mukherjee SINGAPORE/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Southeast Asian countries are taking a business-friendly approach to artificial intelligence regulation in a setback to the Europ...
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Dollar loses steam ahead of Fed meeting minutes, US inflation test
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar dipped broadly on Wednesday, tracking a slide in U.S. Treasury yields weighed down by dovish Federal Reserve comments, as traders looked to the central bank...
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Australia unveils draft law to regulate digital payment providers
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government said on Wednesday it planned to introduce laws that would empower the central bank to regulate digital wallet providers including Apple Pay and Alphabet's ...
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Bank of Queensland shares fall on dividend cut, profit plunge
By Echha Jain (Reuters) - Bank of Queensland shares fell nearly 5% on Wednesday, as the lender cut its dividend after annual profit plunged by about 70% amid depressed mortgage lending, and flagged ma...
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