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Britain considers tougher standards for on-demand TV
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday said it would consult on bringing the rules for on-demand TV services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ into line with traditional broadcasters like the BBC,...
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. IRS delays tax deadlines for Ida storm victims to Jan. 3
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday that victims of Hurricane Ida, including all residents of Louisiana, will have until Jan. 3, 2022, to file individual and busin...
Aug 31, 2021
Delta Air Lines makes full vaccination a condition of employment for new hires
CHICAGO (Reuters) -Delta Air Lines on Tuesday said full vaccination against COVID-19 will be a condition of employment for 1,500 new flight attendant positions it is looking to fill. The carrier said ...
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. consumer confidence drops to six-month low in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence fell to a six-month low in August as concerns about soaring new COVID-19 infections as well as higher inflation dampened the outlook for the economy. Th...
Aug 31, 2021
Data and AI platform Databricks raises $1.6 billion, valued at $38 billion
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Databricks, a data analytics platform that uses artificial intelligence, said on Tuesday it raised $1.6 billion to expand its engineering team to keep it...
Aug 31, 2021
Mississippi highway collapses in Ida’s wake, Louisiana grapples with power, water woes
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Peter Szekely NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) -Two people were killed and 10 injured when a deep crevasse opened up on a Mississippi highway in the wake of heavy rains unleashed by H...
Aug 31, 2021
Drugstore chain Walgreens to raise minimum hourly wage for staff from October
(Reuters) -Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Tuesday it would increase the starting wage of its staff to $15 an hour beginning October. Earlier this month, rival CVS Health also sai...
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. June home prices rise at record annual pace -S&P/Case-Shiller
By Evan Sully (Reuters) -U.S. single-family home prices in 20 key urban markets rose in June from a year earlier at the fastest pace on record, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P Core...
Aug 31, 2021
Zoom shares slide 11% as searing growth tapers off
(Reuters) - Shares of Zoom slid more than 11% in premarket trading on Tuesday, after the video conferencing company signaled a faster-than-expected drop in demand and analysts questioned its future pl...
Aug 31, 2021
NetEase CEO sees minor hit to earnings from China’s new gaming curbs
(Reuters) - NetEase Inc Chief Executive Officer Ding Lei said on Tuesday the gaming company anticipates a less than 1% hit to its earnings from China's new gaming curbs on minors. The comments came af...
Aug 31, 2021
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