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Indonesian blockbuster IPO to set tone for Southeast Asia tech sector
By Anshuman Daga and Fransiska Nangoy SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The first listing of a multibillion-dollar Southeast Asian tech company in Indonesia on Friday will set the benchmark for IPO hopefuls in a ...
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Silicon Valley workers vote down union at SoftBank-backed MapBox
By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Workers of location data startup Mapbox said on Thursday that they had lost their bid to form a union to represent the company's U.S.-based employees, in a setb...
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‘A cautionary tale’: Louisiana doctors face a different COVID-19 surge
By Brad Brooks NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Doctors in Louisiana have been through it before: the exhaustion, the grief, and the overflowing intensive care units. But this new surge of COVID-19 cases drive...
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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin urges Fed to reduce asset purchases to minimize inflation risks
By Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin urged the Federal Reserve to start withdrawing some of its economic support in a letter to Fed Chair Jerome Powell in which the moderate Democrat...
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Biden signs law honoring officers who fought U.S. Capitol attackers
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday honored police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol against insurrectionists on Jan. 6 by signing legislation that awarded them C...
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Manulife, Sun Life see short-term challenges in Asia amid COVID resurgence
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's biggest life insurers Manulife Financial Corp and Sun Life Financial on Thursday flagged short-term challenges in Asia as a resurgence in coronavirus cases leads to a resu...
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Levi Strauss to acquire athletic wear maker Beyond Yoga
(Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co. said on Thursday it would buy apparel maker Beyond Yoga for an undisclosed amount, as it looks to expand its presence in the lucrative leggings category that boomed duri...
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Branson’s Virgin Galactic to sell space flight tickets starting at $450,000
(Reuters) - Spaceship company Virgin Galactic said it will open ticket sales on Thursday for space flights starting at $450,000 a seat, weeks after billionaire founder Richard Branson's high-profile t...
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Brazil audit court sees fuel shortages with Petrobras divestment
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Federal Audit Court (TCU) says there is a risk of fuel shortages in regional markets as a result of the sales of assets by state-controlled oil company Petroleo Bra...
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Corteva lifts sales forecast on strong demand for herbicides, insecticides
(Reuters) - Corteva Inc on Thursday raised its net sales forecast for the year, after strong demand for crop protection products like herbicides and insecticides helped the agricultural company beat e...
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