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Biden lays out picks for two top Commerce Department economic posts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday tapped Indeed.com chief economist Jed Kolko and New York City planning official Marisa Lago for top economic posts at the U.S. Commerce Department,...
Sep 13, 2021
Houston Ship Channel halts inbound and outbound transit ahead of Nicholas – official
(Reuters) - The Houston Ship Channel on Monday halted inbound and outbound transit activity head of Tropical Storm Nicholas, a port official said. Nicholas on Monday was making its way towards the sou...
Sep 13, 2021
Intuit to buy Mailchimp for about $12 billion in cash-and-stock deal
(Reuters) -Intuit Inc, known for its small-business accounting and DIY tax-filing softwares, said on Monday it would buy email marketing company Mailchimp for about $12 billion in a cash-and-stock dea...
Sep 13, 2021
Oracle revenue falls short of expectations as cloud competition rises
(Reuters) -Enterprise software firm Oracle Corp fell short of Wall Street expectations for first-quarter revenue on Monday, hurt by competition in the cloud computing space. Shares of the Austin, Texa...
Sep 13, 2021
Capital One to test ‘buy now, pay later’ product this year, CEO says
By David Henry (Reuters) - Credit card issuer Capital One Financial Corp will test a "buy now, pay later" product this year as competition for consumer loans builds from financial technology firms pro...
Sep 13, 2021
Biden taps Georgetown law professor for U.S. FTC -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden nominated privacy advocate Alvaro Bedoya, the founding director of Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology, to be a commissioner on the U.S. Federal ...
Sep 13, 2021
U.S. election regulator dismisses claim that Twitter broke law by blocking story -source
By Elizabeth Culliford and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has dismissed a claim that Twitter Inc violated election laws when it prohibited users from posting links to a ...
Sep 13, 2021
Interactive Brokers launches cryptocurrency trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Interactive Brokers Group on Monday said it launched low-fee cryptocurrency trading on its platform, making it the latest online retail brokerage to add digital assets to its offe...
Sep 13, 2021
Walgreens COVID-19 test registration system left patient data unprotected – Recode
(Reuters) - Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance's COVID-19 test registration system exposed data of potentially millions of people, including their phone numbers and email addresses, Recode repor...
Sep 13, 2021
U.S. Senate to stage voting rights reform bill vote-Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A newly-crafted election reform bill will be put to a vote in the U.S. Senate as soon as next week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday, despite strong oppositio...
Sep 13, 2021
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