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Britain’s Next cuts sick pay for unvaccinated staff forced to self-isolate
LONDON (Reuters) - British fashion retailer Next has cut sick pay for unvaccinated staff who must self-isolate due to exposure to COVID-19, it said on Thursday. "It's highly emotive but we have to bal...
Jan 13, 2022
British lawmakers target Visa and Mastercard fee increases
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers plan to scrutinise increases in the fees Visa and Mastercard charge businesses after the country's payments regulator found no evidence to justify the...
Jan 13, 2022
Renault “relatively confident” for 2022 despite some chip supply worries
GUYANCOURT (France) (Reuters) - Renault is "relatively confident" about its business year but still sees some problems over chips supplies which it expects to be felt mostly in the first half of 2022,...
Jan 13, 2022
India’s Reliance to invest $80 billion in green energy, other projects in Gujarat
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Reliance Industries Ltd said on Thursday it would invest 5.95 trillion rupees ($80.49 billion) in green energy and other projects in the western state of Gujarat, as the c...
Jan 13, 2022
German IT security watchdog: No evidence of censorship function in Xiaomi phones
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's federal cybersecurity watchdog, the BSI, did not find any evidence of censorship functions in mobile phones manufactured by China's Xiaomi Corp, a spokesperson said on Thu...
Jan 13, 2022
Putting superstitions aside, Denzel Washington takes on ‘Macbeth’
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Denzel Washington portrays one of William Shakespeare's most famous characters in "The Tragedy of Macbeth", a new adaptation of the 400-year-old play the Oscar wi...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, others urge Congress to pass privacy legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a long list of other organizations, urged Congress on Thursday to pass "comprehensive privacy legislation" that would prevent the development o...
Jan 13, 2022
Argentina inflation seen spiking on festive spending splurge
By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina inflation likely rose back up to 3.6% in December, a Reuters poll of analysts showed, which would be the highest level since last April, driven by co...
Jan 13, 2022
First new COVID-19 tests to arrive in schools week of Jan. 24 – White House
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. schools should receive the first additional COVID-19 rapid tests being made available by the federal government in about two weeks, a White House official ...
Jan 13, 2022
Microsoft invests $50 million in alcohol-to-jet fuel biorefinery
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) - Microsoft is investing $50 million in a LanzaJet facility in Georgia that will produce jet fuel from ethanol next year, LanzaJet said. The airline industry is considered ...
Jan 13, 2022
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