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Germany plans insolvency waiver for flood disaster areas
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to introduce a waiver on bankruptcy filing for businesses affected by last month's devastating floods, the Justice Ministry said on Wednesday. Parliament will have to ...
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UK private-sector growth slows to weakest since March – PMI data
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British private-sector growth slowed sharply last month due to supply-chain bottlenecks and high worker absences prompted by COVID-19 isolation requirements, a clo...
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Chesapeake Energy’s future muddied by executive departures, strategy shifts
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) - When U.S. oil and gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp emerged from bankruptcy in February, it touted to investors a clean balance sheet, a new board of directors and a promi...
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Brazil retailers hunt for M&A deals to compete for e-commerce dominance
By Tatiana Bautzer August 4 (Reuters) - In March last year, Oziel da Silva Santos needed a new TV but with stores closed due to COVID-19 restrictions in Brazil's northern city of Belem, the 50-year ol...
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U.S. to outfit border agents with body cameras in major oversight move
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will require thousands of border agents to wear body cameras, according to two officials and government documents, a major operational change tha...
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‘We’ll scream our pain’: Gaza’s first rock band, Osprey V, takes wing
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - An accountant, two lawyers, an agronomist and a Swiss humanitarian worker have formed Gaza's first rock band, giving voice in English to the pain of war in the Pa...
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Spanish engineers extract drinking water from thin air
By Mariano Valladolid and Jon Nazca SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) - A Spanish company has devised a system to extract drinking water from thin air to supply arid regions where people are in desperate need....
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Amazon launches free one-day delivery in Brazil amid fierce competition
By Jimin Kang SAO PAULO (Reuters) - E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc started to offer its Brazilian Prime subscribers free one-day delivery in 50 cities on Wednesday, amid fierce market competition in ...
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Ether falls 1% ahead of major upgrade to ethereum network
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ether fell about 1% on Wednesday ahead of a technical adjustment to its underlying ethereum blockchain that would alter the way transactions are processed. The revamp is currentl...
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Euro zone business surged in July but price pressures and COVID weigh
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity raced ahead last month, expanding at its fastest pace in 15 years, as the lifting of more coronavirus restrictions and an accelerated vaccine drive injec...
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