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More than 100 homes burned by forest fire on the Chilean island of Chiloe
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - More than a hundred homes were burned by a forest fire that spread to the town of Castro on the tourist island of Chiloe, off southern Chile, local officials said on Friday. The f...
Dec 10, 2021
U.S. consumer prices increase further in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased further in November as the cost of goods and services rose broadly amid supply constraints, leading to the largest annual gain since 1982, which c...
Dec 10, 2021
Drugmakers aim big price hikes at U.S. patients -congressional report
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drugmakers have targeted the U.S. market to earn outsized profits from old medicines, according to a report released on Friday by the House Oversight Committee th...
Dec 10, 2021
Daimler Truck spin-off already unlocking value, Daimler CEO says
By Victoria Waldersee FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Spinning off Daimler Truck has already proven a solid move to unlock value for Daimler AG shareholders, CEO Ola Kaellenius said on Friday, with the executio...
Dec 10, 2021
U.S. awarding $12.6 million for marine highway projects
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday said it is awarding $12.6 million in grants for nine marine highway projects as part of ongoing efforts to impro...
Dec 10, 2021
Swiss propose boosting minimum internet speed
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government proposed on Friday increasing by a factor of eight the minimum internet speeds that providers of basic service need to ensure. At present Swisscom has the conce...
Dec 10, 2021
China’s Didi plans to hire Goldman for Hong Kong listing, U.S. delisting -sources
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Didi Global plans to hire Goldman Sachs for its planned Hong Kong listing and U.S. delisting, said three sources with knowledge of the matter, as it moves to...
Dec 10, 2021
Woman receives 15-year sentence for fatal hit-and-run
PEORIA, Ill. — A woman arrested for a fatal hit-and-run crash in Peoria earlier this year received the maximum prison sentence Thursday. 40-year-old Diana Schick, who pleaded guilty, will serve ...
Dec 10, 2021
Deal or no deal, insurance rates soar to cover M&A boom
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of insurance to cover problems involving M&A has nearly doubled in just two years, underwriters and brokers said, after an explosion of global dealmaking du...
Dec 10, 2021
Factbox-Santander vs Andrea Orcel: how did things go sour?
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish bank Santander has been ordered by a Madrid court to pay Italian banker Andrea Orcel 67.8 million euros ($76.40 million) over a withdrawn offer to make him chief executive. ...
Dec 10, 2021
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