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Cash use slips to just 15% of British purchases in 2021
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British shoppers used cash in only 15% of transactions in 2021, half the level of the year before and down from nearly 40% before the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers ...
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A trail of oil: Keystone pipeline’s history of oil spills
(Reuters) - Canada's TC Energy Corp shut its Keystone pipeline in the United States after more than 14,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into a creek in Kansas, making it one of the largest crude spill...
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Nitro Software gets sweetened bid from top shareholder Potentia
(Reuters) - Australia's Nitro Software Ltd said on Friday it got a higher A$2 per share offer with a scrip alternative from private equity firm Potentia Capital, matching a rival bid from KKR Inc's Al...
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Walmart plans to offer BNPL loans through its fintech venture – report
(Reuters) - The fintech venture backed by Walmart Inc is planning to launch buy now, pay later loans as soon as next year, the Information reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the m...
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Britain to lay out financial reforms to ‘turbocharge’ growth
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will set out reforms on Friday to ease bank capital rules, one of 30 measures the government says will unlock investment and secure its position as the world's ...
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Canada police suspends contract with China-linked company
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has suspended a communications equipment contract that was awarded to a company with links to the Chinese government, a spokesperson for Can...
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Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star T.O.P., DJ Steve Aoki for join SpaceX moon trip
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Friday revealed that K-pop star T.O.P. and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon next y...
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Hedge fund Third Point takes stake in Bath & Body Works, pushes for board changes
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund Third Point owns more than 6% of Bath & Body Works and is pushing the retail chain to appoint new board members, according to a regulatory filing...
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Carvana shares rebound almost 30%, attracts new watchers on StockTwits
(Reuters) - Shares of Carvana Co rebounded nearly 30% on Thursday, erasing some of the previous day's deep losses inflicted by worries about the used car seller's solvency. The surge came as Carvana t...
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Cuba and French telecoms operator Orange begin work on subsea cable to Martinique
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Thursday it had begun work with French telecoms operator Orange on an underwater cable that will link it to the island of Martinique in a bid to beef up the its connect...
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