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Cooler weather helps firefighters battle Nakia Creek Fire in Washington State
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Cooler weather overnight helped firefighters in Washington State shrink a wildfire burning in a forested area about 20 miles east of Vancouver, officials said Monday. T...
Oct 17, 2022
Visa, Mastercard under fresh FTC investigation over debit card routing – WSJ
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc's security tokens restrict debit card routing competition on online payments, the Wall Street Journal...
Oct 17, 2022
Analysis-Bond vigilantes mean business, governments better beware
By Marc Jones and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) - The sight of Britain's new finance minister shredding up his leader's economic policies on Monday illustrated something very clearly - bond market vi...
Oct 17, 2022
Canadian watchdog’s mediation in Rogers-Shaw deal to begin this month
(Reuters) - Canada's Competition Tribunal has scheduled in late October a mediation between Rogers Communications Inc, Shaw Communications Inc and the agency for the C$20 billion merger of the telecom...
Oct 17, 2022
Netflix’s forecast in focus as streaming pioneer set to launch ad-supported tier
By Eva Mathews and Savyata Mishra (Reuters) - Netflix Inc's subscriber growth forecast will be in focus when it reports third-quarter results on Tuesday, with the streaming pioneer set to launch an ad...
Oct 17, 2022
U.S. security officials worry about homegrown election threats
By Zeba Siddiqui and Christopher Bing SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Domestic disinformation campaigns and homegrown threats to poll workers are emerging as bigger concerns ahead of the Nov. 8 U...
Oct 17, 2022
Japan’s SoftBank agrees to sell stake in THG
(Reuters) - THG said on Monday a trading arm of Japan's SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to sell its holding in the British e-commerce group to THG Chief Executive Matthew Moulding and Qatar's sovereign...
Oct 17, 2022
Starbucks sued for accusing unionized workers of assault, kidnapping
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp was sued on Monday by eight employees at a unionized South Carolina store who said the company falsely accused them of criminal conduct after they demande...
Oct 17, 2022
EU should treat China more as a competitor, says diplomat chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should recognise China even more as a competitor and reduce its economic dependency, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday, as the bloc looks to ...
Oct 17, 2022
Analysis-Kroger, Albertsons spin-off is extra ammunition in regulatory battle
By Abigail Summerville and Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kroger Co and Albertsons Cos Inc are willing to divest up to 650 supermarket stores to secure regulatory clearance for their $24.6 billion d...
Oct 17, 2022
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