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Investors pile into cash and TIPS in week to Wednesday – BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors ploughed $14.9 billion into cash in the week to Wednesday and snapped up $1.8 billion of inflation protected U.S. Treasuries as markets suffered a major sell off, a round-...
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Congo’s $6 billion China mining deal ‘unconscionable’, says draft report
By Aaron Ross and Helen Reid DAKAR (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo should renegotiate its $6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal with Chinese investors, according to the draft of a repor...
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Japanese octogenarian skateboarder learns new tricks
By Akira Tomoshige OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Yoshio Kinoshita is living proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks. The 81-year-old rides the ramps at his local skate park in the city of Osaka almo...
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Indonesia’s new carbon tax signals higher power costs amid calls for clarity
By Fathin Ungku and Bernadette Christina SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is set to become Asia's fourth country to introduce a carbon tax but analysts expect opposition from industries that ha...
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Column: Rate trap? BoE and sterling snared by rate frenzy
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - If the Bank of England is bluffing on its rate raising plans, it increasingly risks triggering a trap door for sterling. All central banks are at a tricky point, gradu...
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Telecom Italia to partner with Oracle to offer cloud services in Italy
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia (TIM) and its unit Noovle have signed a partnership with business software maker Oracle to offer cloud services in Italy, the three companies said in a joint statement...
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Odeon sells 1 million James Bond tickets in Britain and Ireland
LONDON (Reuters) - Just over 1 million tickets have been sold for the latest James Bond movie at Odeon cinemas in Britain and Ireland, the chain said on Friday, in the latest sign that "No Time to Die...
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Japan eyes support for chip plant construction with extra budget -Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government was considering spending hundreds of bilions in yen to support the construction of semiconductor plants with a stimulus budget for the current fiscal year, Kyodo N...
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Exclusive-Erdogan is cooling on his latest central bank chief, sources say
By Orhan Coskun and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is losing confidence in central bank governor Sahap Kavcioglu, less than seven months after he sacked his pred...
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China’s soft Golden Week data bode ill for retail sales
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tourism revenues in China during the Golden Week holiday that ended on Thursday fell by almost 5% year-on-year, state media reported, while lingering coronavirus curbs also saw a d...
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Peoria, IL, USA
51 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Mist
