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Frida Kahlo self-portrait sets auction record for Latin American painting
By Omar Younis NEW YORK (Reuters) - A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo featuring her husband, artist Diego Rivera, sold at auction on Tuesday for $34.9 million, the highest price ever paid ...
Nov 16, 2021
Former Kangmei Pharmaceutical chairman sentenced to jail -state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The former chairman of Kangmei Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Ma Xingtian, has been sentenced to jail for 12 years, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. Ma was sentenced for ma...
Nov 16, 2021
Dollar stands tall after firm U.S. data, Asian stocks wobble
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dollar reached a four-and-a-half-year high against the yen on Wednesday after better-than-expected U.S. retail data, which also boosted Wall Street equities, alt...
Nov 16, 2021
Oil falls as U.S. gasoline stock draw raises prospect of SPR release
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped on Wednesday after U.S. gasoline stocks fell more than expected last week, which could heighten pressure on the Biden administration to release ...
Nov 16, 2021
Staffieri to replace Natale as Rogers CEO
(Reuters) -Tony Staffieri is replacing Joe Natale as the chief executive officer of Rogers Communications Inc, the Canadian company said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; editing...
Nov 16, 2021
Rate bets rule currency markets as dollar shines; euro, Aussie sag
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar hit a fresh high since March 2017 against the yen and traded close to a 16-month peak versus a basket of major peers on Wednesday, as a run of stron...
Nov 16, 2021
Chevron shuts Australian Gorgon LNG Train 1 after minor gas leak
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Chevron Corp has shut one of three processing units, called trains, at its Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant off Western Australia after discovering a minor gas leak on Tu...
Nov 16, 2021
Tesla’s Musk sells another 934,000 shares to pay taxes after exercising options – filing
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk exercises option to buy 2.1 million shares and sold another 934,091 shares solely to meet tax withholding obligations related to the exercise of...
Nov 16, 2021
Fed’s Daly: next step for Fed is forward guidance
(Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Tuesday said now that the Fed has begun to taper its asset purchases, the next step is to tweak the communications the Fed gives a...
Nov 16, 2021
Indonesia’s batik-makers turn to mangroves as demand grows for eco-dyes
By Tommy Ardiansyah CILACAP, Indonesia (Reuters) - In a quiet mangrove forest in central Indonesia, a man moves gingerly across vegetation distinguished by its big, wooden stilt roots, searching for f...
Nov 16, 2021
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