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Explainer-What is the SPR, the emergency oil stash Biden may tap?
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is considering tapping the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to cool oil prices in conjunction with other big consumers like Chi...
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Former Idaho office-seeker to be re-tried for 1984 murder of Colorado girl
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Prosecutors will try for a second time to convict a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate in the abduction and slaying of a 12-year-old Colorado girl after ...
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Two leading U.S. sustainable business groups merge
BOSTON (Reuters) - Two leading U.S. sustainable-business groups on Wednesday said they have merged to improve services and advocacy and to help members find better investment opportunities. Interest i...
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Dollar takes breather from rally, hovers just off 16-month top
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dollar hovered below a 16-month peak in early Asian trade on Thursday, having lost ground on the pound and yen overnight as the U.S. currency took a breather whi...
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China Evergrande sells stake in HengTen for $273 million
(Reuters) - China Evergrande said on Thursday its unit will sell its entire share stake in HengTen for HK$2.13 billion ($273.47 million). ($1 = 7.7889 Hong Kong dollars) (Reporting by Indranil Sarkar ...
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Oil under pressure as U.S. looks to lead SPR shock treatment
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. oil was under pressure in early Asia trade on Thursday after slumping overnight on a Reuters report that the United States was asking major oil consumers like...
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Exclusive-U.S.-China tech war clouds SK Hynix’s plans for a key chip factory
By Stephen Nellis, Joyce Lee and Toby Sterling SEOUL (Reuters) - Plans by Korea's SK Hynix to overhaul a huge facility in China so it can make memory chips more efficiently are in jeopardy, sources fa...
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Dispute over China tech measure delays vote on massive U.S. defense bill
By Patricia Zengerle and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate delayed a procedural vote on a $750 billion annual defense policy bill on Wednesday as members of Congress argued over ...
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Vietnam’s Vinfast plans U.S. listing in a couple of years -CEO
By Hyunjoo Jin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vietnamese automaker VinFast plans to list on the U.S. stock market within the next couple of years, its chief executive told Reuters, joining a growing list of ...
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News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch takes swings at Google, Facebook
By Dawn Chmielewski and Helen Coster (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch renewed his attacks on Google and Facebook during News Corp's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, accusing the tech giants of tryin...
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