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Qantas reports surge in domestic bookings as state borders open
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd said on Friday it had taken nearly 500,000 domestic bookings in the past two weeks as states begin to open their borders, versus around 20,000 in a two-week perio...
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Japan to provide $880 cash payout to minors as part of stimulus -Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government and ruling coalition have agreed to provide a cash payout of 100,000 yen ($878.73) to all children as part of an economic stimulus package to weather the pain...
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Japan household spending falls as consumers wary of virus
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending fell in September as consumers remained cautious about COVID-19, reinforcing views the world's third-largest economy contracted in the th...
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American Airlines delays vaccine mandate until January next year
(Reuters) - American Airlines Group Inc delayed the rollout of a mandate that requires its U.S.-based employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus until Jan. 4, Chief Executive Doug Parker said ...
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Singapore bank DBS flags strong growth after Q3 profit jumps 31%
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) -DBS Group expects to report higher profit before allowances next year after Southeast Asia's largest bank beat estimates with a 31% rise in quarterly net profit, ...
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Jack Ma, Trump and Xi: How Chinese billionaire flew close to the sun
By Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - This was supposed to be Jack Ma's finest hour: a year ago to the day, his Ant Group was meant to go public in a $37 billion blaze of glory. Instead Beiji...
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ICC relieves students of $1.1 million in debt
EAST PEORIA, Ill. – Illinois Central College is using COVID-19 relief money to eliminate $1.1 million in student debt. The college says student accounts having outstanding balances for tuition, ...
Will Stevenson Nov 04, 2021
Virginia loss highlights some Democrats’ uncertainty over Biden strategy
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jarrett Renshaw and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The political rebuke voters delivered to Democrats in Virginia has not given the White House second thoughts about Preside...
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Carlyle bids $2.1 billion for Australia’s Link
(Reuters) - Australia's Link Administration on Friday said private equity firm Carlyle made a A$2.81 billion ($2.08 billion) bid for the shareholder registry firm. The proposal includes a A$3 per shar...
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Health Department says new COVID cases trending upward, but may not be as bad as last year
PEORIA, Ill. – Local health officials are concerned about what they see as another uptick in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Tri-County area, after weeks where increases weren’t as high. P...
Will Stevenson Nov 04, 2021
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