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Russia publishes plan to tax foreign tech, promote home-grown rivals
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government published a plan on Tuesday to impose new taxes on foreign-owned digital services by November, part of a package of proposals Moscow says are aimed at support...
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Amazon boosts hourly pay to over $18, to hire 125,000 workers
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc hiked its average starting wage to $18 per hour on Tuesday and said it plans to hire more than 125,000 warehouse and transportation workers in the United States. Reuters exc...
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Peoria fire leaves one person injured
PEORIA, Ill. — One person was hospitalized for smoke inhalation Monday night after a kitchen fire caused damage to a single story home in Peoria. Crews were called to the 4300 block of N. Nelson...
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Evergrande short sellers face fee squeeze as shares slide
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Fund managers wanting to short sell cash-strapped developer China Evergrande Group are paying unusually high fees to borrow the shares as demand to do so rockets and...
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In Argentina’s north, a ‘white gold’ rush for EV metal lithium gathers pace
By Agustin Geist SALTA, Argentina (Reuters) - In Argentina's remote northern Salta province, the silence of the desert landscape is broken only by the hum of machinery pumping salt-water brine to extr...
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Factbox – Universal to list as music streaming picks up
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Vivendi, the French media conglomerate, is spinning off Universal Music Group, the largest part of its business and the label behind singers such as Taylor Swift, in a listing on...
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U.S. Senate Democrats to seek quick passage of revised election reform plan
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a new version of an election reform bill that is a top priority of President Joe Biden, amid a wave of Republican stat...
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Factbox-What you need to know about California’s recall election
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - California voters will decide on Tuesday whether Governor Gavin Newsom should be removed from office before his first term ends. Newsom, a Democrat, is only the second ...
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Larry Elder, right-wing radio host, seeks governorship in California recall
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - If California voters dump their governor in Tuesday's recall election, Gavin Newsom's most likely successor is Larry Elder, a radio host and lawyer who has rhapsodized abo...
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Californians to decide governor’s fate in Republican-backed recall
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California voters will decide on Tuesday whether to recall Governor Gavin Newsom in a special election that has pitted the state's majority Democrats...
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Peoria, IL, USA
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