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Drugstore chain Walgreens to raise minimum hourly wage for staff from October
(Reuters) -Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Tuesday it would increase the starting wage of its staff to $15 an hour beginning October. Earlier this month, rival CVS Health also sai...
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U.S. June home prices rise at record annual pace -S&P/Case-Shiller
By Evan Sully (Reuters) -U.S. single-family home prices in 20 key urban markets rose in June from a year earlier at the fastest pace on record, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P Core...
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Zoom shares slide 11% as searing growth tapers off
(Reuters) - Shares of Zoom slid more than 11% in premarket trading on Tuesday, after the video conferencing company signaled a faster-than-expected drop in demand and analysts questioned its future pl...
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NetEase CEO sees minor hit to earnings from China’s new gaming curbs
(Reuters) - NetEase Inc Chief Executive Officer Ding Lei said on Tuesday the gaming company anticipates a less than 1% hit to its earnings from China's new gaming curbs on minors. The comments came af...
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Canadian economy unexpectedly shrank in Q2, July GDP seen down
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's economy unexpectedly shrank 1.1% in the second quarter on an annualized basis and most likely contracted 0.4% in July following a 0.7% gain in June, Statistics Canada data i...
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Exclusive: Campari says imitation is flattery as Aperol faces challengers
By Francesca Landini VENICE (Reuters) - Italian drinks group Campari sees plenty of room for growth from its best-selling beverage Aperol and is not worried about the threat from competitors, includin...
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Tencent terminates all exclusive music agreements
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings said on Tuesday it has exited all exclusive music copyright agreements it had been engaged in after Chinese regulators barred it from such deals last month. Tence...
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Geronimo the alpaca euthanised in Britain despite public outcry
LONDON (Reuters) -An eight-year-old alpaca named Geronimo, who was at the centre of a legal row with the British government and whose plight triggered a nationwide campaign to keep him alive, has been...
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Small businesses will benefit from Illinois’ new tax law
PEORIA, Ill. — A new Illinois tax law aims to help small businesses save money on their taxes. The state and local taxes, or SALT deductions have a current cap of $10,000 that was put in place i...
Julia Bradley Aug 31, 2021
Wall St set for another month of gains as futures hold steady
(Corrects headline to say "Wall St") (Reuters) - U.S. stocks futures held steady on Tuesday, putting the main indexes on course to end August on a firm footing, as investors shrugged off risks around ...
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