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India’s Grofers renames itself Blinkit with eye on faster deliveries
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian internet firm Grofers on Monday rebranded itself Blinkit as its CEO promised to speed up deliveries of everything from groceries to electronics in a b...
Dec 13, 2021
PPD responds to armed carjacking Monday morning
PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called around 6:30 a.m. Monday to the Westlake Shopping Center on reports of an armed carjacking. Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth with the PPD say...
Dec 13, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court snubs J&J’s bid to avoid Mississippi talc lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Johnson & Johnson to throw out a lawsuit brought by the state of Mississippi over allegations that the company failed ...
Dec 13, 2021
‘Belfast’ and ‘Power of the Dog’ lead Golden Globe film nominations
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Movie dramas "The Power of the Dog" and "Belfast" led nominations on Monday for the annual Golden Globe awards on Monday in a year clouded by controversy and a scaled-down cerem...
Dec 13, 2021
Supreme Court asks U.S. government for views on Bayer weedkiller case
By Lawrence Hurley and Ludwig Burger WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden's administration for its views on whether the justices should hear Bayer AG's bid...
Dec 13, 2021
UK shopper numbers down 1.1% last week vs previous week -Springboard
LONDON (Reuters) - Shopper numbers across Britain fell 1.1% in the week to Dec. 11 versus the previous week, driven by a 2.7% drop in activity in high streets, researcher Springboard said on Monday. I...
Dec 13, 2021
Intesa targets digital solutions for mass market clients – CEO
MILAN (Reuters) - Intesa Sanpaolo will bet on digital solutions to serve mass market clients under a new plan due in February, its CEO said on Monday, adding this was the only way for lenders to face ...
Dec 13, 2021
Colombia central bank seen raising rate to 3%, continuing hikes in 2022
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's central bank board is expected to raise the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 3% this week and continue increases throughout 2022 as polic...
Dec 13, 2021
Germany’s trillion-euro savings banks mull crypto wallet
By John O'Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's savings banks, a conservative bastion that holds more than 1 trillion euros for thrifty Germans, is examining offering a wallet to trade cryptocurrenc...
Dec 13, 2021
Israel planning trial import of foreign tech workers amid shortage
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel intends to import foreign workers for its high-tech sector on a trial basis to offset a pandemic-era labour shortage, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday. In...
Dec 13, 2021
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