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Con Edison urges NY customers to conserve energy amid heat wave
(Reuters) - Utility company Con Edison on Thursday asked its New York City customers to conserve energy as a heat wave grips sections of the United States, potentially straining power grids. The compa...
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UK’s Vectura to back $1.52 billion takeover offer from Philip Morris
(Reuters) - Vectura Group said on Thursday it plans to back tobacco giant Philip Morris International's 1.1 billion pounds ($1.52 billion) offer for the British drugmaker, days after private equity fi...
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Alibaba to set up committee to probe sexual harassment complaints
(Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Thursday it will set up a committee, initially comprising five female senior executives, to investigate sexual harassment complai...
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McDonald’s franchise settles workers’ COVID-19 lawsuit as U.S. cases surge
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A McDonald's Corp franchise in Oakland, California, has agreed to take steps to protect workers from COVID-19 to settle a lawsuit claiming managers gave employees dog di...
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Republican senator presses FBI over female staff photos used in sex-trafficking probes
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Joni Ernst on Thursday pressed the FBI for details after the Justice Department's internal watchdog revealed https://www.reuters.com/world/u...
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Former DEA agent sent to prison for more than 13 years for corruption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent was sentenced on Thursday to more than 13 years in prison after being convicted of nine crimes including perjury, obstructio...
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Global M&A volumes hit new record in 2021, overtaking last year’s haul
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) - Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has breached new highs, building on the record-breaking dealmaking streak from the beginning of th...
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Banks in EU “window dress” to escape higher capital charges, says BIS paper
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Some of the European Union's biggest banks are holding less capital than they should by using transactions to temporarily compress their balance sheets, a research pape...
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Russian investigators conduct search at CPC after Black Sea oil spill
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian investigators were conducting searches at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) after Saturday's oil spill near the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, the regional branch of the...
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Adidas ends Reebok era with $2.5 billion sale to Authentic Brands
By Emma Thomasson BERLIN (Reuters) -Adidas is selling Reebok to Authentic Brands Group(ABG) for up to 2.1 billion euros ($2.5 billion) as the German sporting goods company concentrates on its core bra...
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