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Euro on defensive as traders fret over Ukraine tension, hawkish Fed
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro hovered near its weakest in a month versus the safe-haven dollar and yen on Wednesday as traders fretted over a potential military conflict in Ukraine and ...
Jan 25, 2022
Samsung Elec says chip manufacturing facilities in Xian, China back to normal
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday that its semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Xian, China, have returned to normal operation. A surge of COVID-19 cases and tough tr...
Jan 25, 2022
Brazil startup Rentbrella eyes European expansion after U.S. rollout
By Aleksandra Halina Michalska and Carolina Pulice (Reuters) - A Brazilian umbrella-sharing app, which has for several months been giving New Yorkers a way to cope with unexpected downpours, is now pr...
Jan 25, 2022
U.S. Congress’s hearings on Capitol riot could come by March-Raskin
(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol could hold public hearings with witnesses by late February or March, one the committee's...
Jan 25, 2022
EV maker Link to invest $265 million in Mexican plant
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Link EV Electric Vehicles, a unit of private U.S. energy company Citizens Resources, said on Tuesday it plans to build an assembly plant in the central Mexican state of Puebla ...
Jan 25, 2022
Activision Blizzard says could not reach deal with union at Raven studio
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard said on Tuesday that it was unable to reach agreement with the Communications Workers of America as the union seeks recognition of a unit at its Raven stu...
Jan 25, 2022
Baidu’s electric vehicle arm Jidu raises $400 million in new funding round
BEIJING (Reuters) - Baidu's electric vehicle arm Jidu Auto said on Wednesday that it has raised nearly $400 million from Baidu and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in a new funding round. Jidu, an electri...
Jan 25, 2022
Google expands in Brazil seeking to improve areas of privacy and security
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is slated to hire 200 engineers in Brazil this year, as it seeks to bolster its privacy, security, and anti-abusive content technologies, Berthier Ribeiro-Neto, its d...
Jan 25, 2022
Taiwan family helps keep hand-made ‘ghost money’ tradition alive
By Fabian Hamacher MIAOLI, Taiwan (Reuters) - Painstakingly, women of retirement age adorn sheet after sheet of yellow joss paper with gold and silver leaf and red paint to satisfy last orders for sac...
Jan 25, 2022
U.S. Coast Guard reports 39 missing from capsized boat off Florida
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Rescue crews searched waters off Florida's Atlantic shore on Tuesday for 39 people reported missing by a survivor found clinging to a boat that capsized in what the U.S. Co...
Jan 25, 2022
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