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Asian shares fall as Delta variant casts shadow over growth
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares failed to catch a firm lead from a bumper Wall Street session on Friday as the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus across the region heighten...
Aug 05, 2021
CNN fires three employees who came to office unvaccinated – memo
(Reuters) - News media company CNN has terminated three of its employees for coming to the office unvaccinated against the COVID-19 last week, according to a memo sent to staff internally on Thursday....
Aug 05, 2021
Dollar drifts higher as markets await jobs data for Fed clues
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was supported on Friday in the lead up to the release of U.S. employment data, as markets braced for the numbers that could make the case for faster U...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. business groups call on President Biden to restart trade talks with China – WSJ
(Refiles to correct typo in first paragraph) (Reuters) - Nearly three dozen of the United States' most influential business groups have asked President Joe Biden's administration to restart trade talk...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. oil set for biggest weekly loss since October as Delta variant fans demand worries
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures were on track for their biggest weekly decline since late October on Friday, with prices coming under pressure as top consumers impose tr...
Aug 05, 2021
S&P Global downgrades China Evergrande, subsidiaries
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - S&P Global has downgraded the ratings of heavily indebted developer China Evergrande Group and its subsidiaries, citing an escalating risk of non-payment of debt. S&P downgraded E...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. FTC says Facebook misused privacy decree to shut down ad research
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission criticized Facebook Inc on Thursday for making "misleading claims" to explain why it had disabled the accounts of researchers studying politica...
Aug 05, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. starts flying migrant families into Mexico far from border – source
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday began flying Central American and Mexican families to southern Mexico in an effort to deter migration by bolstering a COVID-era expul...
Aug 05, 2021
Factbox: CBO estimate leaves U.S. budget shortfall for infrastructure bill backers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congressional Budget Office on Thursday issued its long-awaited judgment that a $1 trillion infrastructure bill being debated in the U.S. Senate will be far from fully ...
Aug 05, 2021
U.S. senators to reintroduce bill targeting Cambodian officials on rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading U.S. senators said on Thursday they plan to reintroduce legislation that would provide for sanctions to freeze assets of senior Cambodian officials who undermine democra...
Aug 05, 2021
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