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Meet a pint-size U.S. piano prodigy
(Reuters) - Brigitte Xie reads music, can play Beethoven's Sonatina in F Major and has won a spot to perform at Carnegie Hall. She is 4 years old. Brigitte's feet dangle above the ground when the peti...
Aug 02, 2021
Factbox: What’s in the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate pushed ahead on Monday with a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to update America's roads, bridges and broadband networks, clearing the way for ...
Aug 02, 2021
Trump to object to release of tax returns – lawyer
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will challenge a recent U.S. Justice Department order that his tax returns should be turned over to a House of Representatives committee, on...
Aug 02, 2021
In Bolivia, ritual fires honor earth goddess Pachamama
(Reuters) - High atop the Andes Mountains in Bolivia, indigenous people gathered at dawn for a ritual ceremony in honor of Pachamama, the goddess of Earth and fertility, with fires and offerings. On t...
Aug 02, 2021
Lending platform Kredivo to go public via $2.5 billion SPAC merger
(Reuters) - FinAccel on Monday agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm, valuing the parent of Indonesian buy now, pay later platform Kredivo at about $2.5 billion, a further sign ...
Aug 02, 2021
Prosecutor in early talks with some Proud Boy defendants to resolve Jan 6 case
By Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors revealed on Monday they are in preliminary settlement talks with several men affiliated with the Proud Boys group who ar...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. cases and deaths from COVID-19 rise, so do vaccinations -U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cases of COVID-19 along with hospitalizations and deaths from it have increased in the last week, U.S. officials said on Monday, even as vaccination rates grow amid concern over...
Aug 02, 2021
Micron declares quarterly dividend of 10 cents
(Reuters) - Micron Technology Inc on Monday declared a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share. The initial quarterly dividend will be payable in cash on Oct. 18 to shareholders of record as of the c...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. Treasury suspends government retirement, health fund payments as debt limit re-sets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday took additional steps to preserve the federal government's borrowing capacity under a reinstated debt limit, suspending some inves...
Aug 02, 2021
China clampdown concerns spurred record ADR trading
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Market turbulence caused by Beijing's clampdowns on its tech, education and property sectors drove trading in U.S.-listed Chinese stocks to a record high in dollar ter...
Aug 02, 2021
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