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Bill Gates buys Heineken stake, despite saying he’s ‘not a big beer drinker’
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Bill Gates has bought 3.76% stake in Dutch drinks giant Heineken Holding NV, although the billionaire founder of Microsoft has previously said he was "not a big beer drinker." Th...
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Raytheon says can support mid-50 Airbus A320 output, backs Boeing target
By Abhijith Ganapavaram (Reuters) - Aerospace giant Raytheon Technologies Corp can support a monthly production rate in the mid-50s range for Airbus SE's A320 aircraft this year, a target that appears...
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Australia tells Twitter, Google to give information on handling online child abuse
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian regulator has sent legal letters to Twitter and Google telling them to hand over information about their efforts to stop online child abuse, drawing them...
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Meta loses bid to toss $175 million verdict in streaming patent case
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - A federal judge in Austin, Texas on Tuesday rejected a request by Meta Platforms Inc's to throw out a $175 million jury patent verdict for walkie-talkie app maker Voxer I...
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Italy pursues Facebook-owner Meta for $925 million in sales taxes
By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) -Facebook parent company Meta faces a potential tax bill of around 870 million euros ($925 million) in Italy after prosecutors launched an investigation into the compa...
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U.S. states seek to block Biden ESG investing rule
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A coalition of Republican-led states has asked a federal judge to block a Biden administration rule allowing retirement plans to consider environmental, social and corpo...
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Massive snowstorm closes schools, grounds flights in U.S. heartland
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - A major winter storm battered the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest with high winds and heavy snow on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of schools to close, grounding ...
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Baidu beats fourth-quarter revenue estimates, flags chatbot launch
(Reuters) - China's Baidu Inc beat revenue estimates for the fourth quarter on Wednesday, bolstered by strength in its advertising, cloud and artificial intelligence businesses, sending its U.S.-liste...
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Exclusive-CME to launch nickel contract using prices from new platform -sources
By Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) - CME Group plans to launch a nickel contract, settled with prices gathered from a platform to be launched by UK-based Global Commodities Holdings (GCH), which could ...
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Meta preparing for fresh round of job cuts – Washington Post
(Reuters) -Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc is planning a fresh round of job cuts in a reorganization and downsizing effort that could affect thousands of workers, the Washington Post reported on We...
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