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Facebook owner Meta briefly blocks hashtags tied to Bucha killings
By Katie Paul (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms briefly restricted hashtags related to civilian deaths in northern Ukraine, where bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town seiz...
Apr 04, 2022
Oil rises as uncertainty around supply persists
(Reuters) - Oil futures rose in early trading on Tuesday as the potential for more sanctions following alleged war crimes by Russian troops in Ukraine added to concerns about supply disruptions, while...
Apr 04, 2022
Musk asks Twitter users if they want an edit button
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk on Monday posted a Twitter poll asking users if they want an edit button. "Do you want an edit button?" the tweet https://twitter.com/elonmusk/s...
Apr 04, 2022
BOJ’s Kuroda: Expected acceleration in inflation could hurt economy
TOKYO (Reuters) - An expected acceleration of inflation could hurt Japan's economy by weighing on household income and corporate profit, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday. "We wil...
Apr 04, 2022
Japan’s household spending up, outlook gloomy as price rises weigh
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending rose for a second consecutive month year-on-year in February, helped by a flattering comparison with last year's sharp pandemic-induced ...
Apr 04, 2022
Amazon considered creating app for its workers and blocking words like ‘union’ -The Intercept
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc staff included the words "union," "grievance," and "living wage" on a preliminary list of terms to block from an internal messaging app it was considering creating to boost ...
Apr 04, 2022
Analysis – Most banks narrow UK gender pay gaps, UBS, Deutsche Bank go into reverse
By Iain Withers and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Major British financial companies collectively narrowed their gender pay gaps last year, but some went into reverse gear, including UBS and Deutsche...
Apr 04, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Jackson clears procedural hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson moved a step closer to being confirmed as a justice on Monday when the Senate voted to break a Judiciary Committee deadlock over...
Apr 04, 2022
Exclusive-Investors warn European companies over climate accounting
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Thirty-four investors managing more than $7 trillion in assets have warned 17 of Europe's largest companies, including BP and Volkswagen, that they could challenge b...
Apr 04, 2022
Samsung Elec likely to report highest Q1 profit since 2018 on chips
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is likely to post its highest first-quarter profit since 2018, analysts' estimates showed, driven by brisk profits on memory chips as solid de...
Apr 04, 2022
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