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UK court sets scene for $14 billion-plus class action against Mastercard
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - A London court on Wednesday approved a 10 billion pound-plus ($14 billion-plus) class action against global payments processor Mastercard that claimants said could...
Aug 18, 2021
Musk’s ‘AI Day’ confronts tough questions about Tesla’s technology
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - At Tesla's "Autonomy Day" event in April 2019, Chief Executive Elon Musk said that by mid-2020 Tesla would have over a million self-driving vehicles where ride...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. disaster chief says vaccination rates are rising in hurricane-prone states
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spikes in COVID-19 infections and strong public messaging are starting to spur increased vaccination rates in hurricane-prone states, but more work is needed, t...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. telecoms agency investigating massive T-Mobile data breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Wednesday it is investigating a T-Mobile US Inc data breach that the company said impacted more than 40 million former, ...
Aug 18, 2021
Ford will halt production at U.S. truck plant for week over chip shortage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said Wednesday it will temporarily shutter its Kansas City assembly plant that builds its best-selling F-150 pickup truck due to a semiconductor-related part short...
Aug 18, 2021
HSBC initiates legal proceedings against El Salvador claiming breach of treaty with UK
(Reuters) - HSBC Holdings said the banking group has initiated legal proceedings against El Salvador for what the company called a breach of the nation's investment treaty with the UK. "HSBC Latin Ame...
Aug 18, 2021
Biden disagrees with world leaders over Americans getting vaccine boosters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he disagreed with world leaders who argue other countries should get their first coronavirus vaccine shots before Americans get a boos...
Aug 18, 2021
Low-cost U.S. carrier Breeze Airways raises $200 million in new funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The parent company of new low-cost U.S. air carrier Breeze Airways said on Wednesday it had closed a $200 million Series B funding round led by funds and acc...
Aug 18, 2021
Would-be knights battle it out in New York’s Central Park
(Reuters) - To shouts of "Rip his head off!" and "Oh my God!" gladiators in medieval armor battle it out with steel swords and axes, one Saturday a month in New York's Central Park. In one-on-one matc...
Aug 18, 2021
Ex-editor of Kushner newspaper who was pardoned by Trump is charged in Manhattan
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ken Kurson, a former editor of the New York Observer newspaper who was pardoned in January by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, was criminally charged on Wedne...
Aug 18, 2021
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