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University of North Carolina defeats challenge to race-based admissions policies
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ruled the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did not discriminate against white and Asian American applicants in a closely watched case c...
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Russian businessman funded ex-Giuliani associates’ account, court records show
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Russian businessman funded an account used by two ex-associates of Rudy Giuliani to donate to U.S. political campaigns, according to documents shown in court on Mon...
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One in three UK music jobs wiped out by COVID, report says
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out one in three jobs in the UK music industry, a trade body said on Tuesday, as it called for government support to help t...
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BlackRock backs expansion of corporate climate data project
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc, the world's biggest asset manager, has thrown its weight behind a plan to provide free in-depth data on how thousands of companies are adapting to the...
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Brazil eyes combining pandemic relief, ‘Bolsa Familia’ welfare in 2022, says source
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government is considering combining pandemic relief payments and "Bolsa Familia" welfare programs into a monthly stipend of 300 reais ($54.42) next year,...
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Morrisons investors set to rubber stamp $10 billion CD&R takeover
LONDON (Reuters) - Shareholders in supermarket group Morrisons are expected on Tuesday to approve a 7 billion pound ($9.6 billion) offer by U.S. private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), br...
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Britain’s Tesco opens checkout-free store in London
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest retailer Tesco will on Tuesday open its first checkout-free store in central London, allowing customers to shop and pay without scanning a product or interacting w...
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Analysis-Lack of vaccination passport, testing threaten Japan’s reopening
By Elaine Lies and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's lack of a vaccination passport and limited testing capacity is threatening ambitions to reopen the economy at a crucial year-end period when re...
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Exclusive: Email security software vendor Zix explores sale – sources
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Zix Corp, a U.S. provider of email security solutions, is exploring strategic alternatives that include a sale of the company, according to people familiar with the matter. Z...
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Santander’s Getnet valued at $1.32 billion in trading debut
By Carolina Mandl SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian payments company Getnet Brasil, controlled by Spain's Banco Santander SA, made its trading debut on the Sao Paulo stock exchange on Monday with a 7.3 ...
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