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Expo 2020 Dubai kicks off with lavish opening ceremony
DUBAI (Reuters) - The first world fair to be held in the Middle East, Expo 2020 Dubai, opened on Thursday with a lavish ceremony of fireworks, music and messaging about the power of global collaborati...
Sep 30, 2021
United Airlines cuts number of workers facing termination over vaccine noncompliance
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines on Thursday trimmed the number of employees who are facing termination for defying the company's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Chicago-based carrier said only 320 U...
Sep 30, 2021
U.S. Senate approves stop-gap funding to keep government running
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to keep the government fully operating at the end of this week when the new fiscal year begins. The bill now goes to the House of...
Sep 30, 2021
U.S. House panel approves fourth bill aimed at drug prices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve a fourth bill aimed at tackling high drug prices, approving a measure that would make it easier for biosimilar drugs...
Sep 30, 2021
More than 2 million U.S. school kids report using e-cigarettes this year – CDC study
By Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) - An estimated 2.06 million U.S. middle and high school students are using electronic-cigarettes with Juul and Vuse among the most popular products, according to data f...
Sep 30, 2021
While Britney Spears rejoices, her father’s attorney calls conservator suspension ‘wrong’
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for Jamie Spears on Thursday denounced a Los Angeles judge's decision to suspend him as conservator of his daughter Britney Spears' $60 million estate...
Sep 30, 2021
BMW lifts annual profit forecast to 9.5%-10.5%
BERLIN (Reuters) - BMW lifted its annual profit margin forecast to between 9.5% and 10.5% from 7% to 9%, the company said in an ad hoc statement on Thursday, as higher prices for new and used vehicles...
Sep 30, 2021
OPEC+ considers options for releasing more oil to the market -sources
By Ahmad Ghaddar, Olesya Astakhova and Alex Lawler (Reuters) - OPEC+ is considering going beyond its existing deal to boost production by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) when it meets next week, sources...
Sep 30, 2021
Allianz asset management head Jacqueline Hunt stepping down from board
BERLIN (Reuters) - Allianz's head of asset management Jacqueline Hunt is stepping down from the board, the company said in a statement on Thursday, after a scandal over billions of dollars in hedge fu...
Sep 30, 2021
S&P says it expects U.S. Congress to address debt ceiling on time
(Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday it anticipates the U.S. Congress will address the debt ceiling in a timely manner, either by raising it or suspending it. If not, the credit rating agen...
Sep 30, 2021
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