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Explainer-Lebanon’s financial crisis and how it happened
By Edmund Blair (Reuters) - Lebanon is grappling with a deep economic crisis after successive governments piled up debt following the 1975-1990 civil war with little to show for their spending binge. ...
Syndicated Content Jan 23, 2022
Delivery race among Indian grocery startups brings road safety risks
By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian grocery startups are luring tech-savvy customers with the promise of deliveries within 10 minutes, sparking a boom in "quick commerce", but...
Syndicated Content Jan 23, 2022
Boulben withdraws from race for Orange CEO post, le Figaro reports
PARIS (Reuters) - Verizon Chief Revenue Officer Frank Boulben has written to the board of Orange withdrawing from the race to head the French telecom firm, Le Figaro reported on Saturday. Sources told...
Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2022
Greek stock exchange board picks Kontopoulos as new CEO
ATHENS (Reuters) - The board of Hellenic Exchanges, the operator of Greece's stock and equity derivatives markets, picked Yiannos Kontopoulos as its new chief executive to replace outgoing CEO Socrate...
Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2022
Arizona Democratic Party formally censures Sinema
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The executive committee of the Arizona Democratic Party (ADP) formally censured U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema over her vote against changing rules in the chamber to steer through ...
Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2022
Bitcoin falls 5.6% to $34,448
(Reuters) - Bitcoin dropped 5.6% to $34,448.94 at 18:10 GMT on Saturday, losing 1,878.27 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 1.8% from the year's...
Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2022
French pet care firm stops selling fish bowls – they drive fish mad
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - A leading French aquarium vendor has decided to stop selling round fish bowls because they drive fish mad and kill them quickly. French pet care market leader Agro...
Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2022
Massive California wildfire triggers evacuations, closes highway
(Reuters) - A 1,500-acre fire near the coastal community of Big Sur, California has triggered evacuations and the closure of the section of a major highway, state and local officials said on Saturday....
Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2022
Germany’s Scholz says raising minimum wage a matter of respect
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that his Social Democrats (SPD) were pushing ahead with their election promise to raise the national minimum wage to 12 euros an hour,...
Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2022
Lebanon to start virtual talks with IMF next week
(Reuters) - Lebanese officials will start talks with the International Monetary Fund on Monday, an official government source told Reuters. An IMF spokesperson also told Reuters on Saturday that a tea...
Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2022

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