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Accenture revenue forecast tops estimates on cloud, security services demand
(Reuters) -IT consulting firm Accenture Plc forecast better-than-expected second-quarter revenue on Thursday after its first-quarter top-line expanded by 27%, riding a digital transformation wave with...
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Turkish central bank rate cuts send lira to new record low
LONDON (Reuters) -Turkey's central bank cut its policy rate again as expected by 100 basis points to 14% on Thursday despite inflation soaring above 21%, sending the lira to a fresh record low. Below ...
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Queen Elizabeth cancels pre-Christmas lunch as COVID cases soar
LONDON (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth has cancelled a pre-Christmas lunch with her family as a precaution while cases of COVID-19 soar in Britain, a Buckingham Palace source said. "The decision is a preca...
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U.S. records most hurricane-force gusts in a single day
(Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday registered the highest number of hurricane-force gusts on record in a single day, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, days after one of the deadliest to...
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Exclusive-Facebook to win conditional EU nod for Kustomer buy, sources say
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Facebook is set to gain EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of Kustomer after offering remedies that allow rival products to function with those of the U.S. c...
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Euro zone trade surplus smaller than expected in Oct
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone's trade surplus with the rest of the world was much smaller than expected in October, data showed on Thursday, as the bloc's trade deficit in energy surged on higher...
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High winds cause power outages across central Illinois
PEORIA, Ill. — High winds late Wednesday night left thousands without power in the Peoria area. Ameren Illinois reported roughly 3,000 customers in the Peoria area were in the dark at the peak o...
Julia Bradley Dec 16, 2021
Illumina blasts EU antitrust regulators over Grail deal scrutiny
By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - U.S. life sciences company Illumina on Thursday criticised EU antitrust regulators for scrutinising its $8 billion cash-and-stock takeover of Grail even though t...
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France says facial recognition company Clearview breached privacy law
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - France's data privacy watchdog CNIL has ordered Clearview AI, a facial recognition company that has collected 10 billion images worldwide, to stop amassing and us...
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Analysis-The three data reports that persuaded Powell to speed up Fed’s taper
By Jonnelle Marte, Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir (Reuters) - The ink had barely dried on the Federal Reserve's November policy decision to begin reducing bond purchases when Chair Jerome Powell beca...
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