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Transit-tech startup Via valued at $3.3 billion after latest funding round
(Reuters) - Via said on Tuesday it has raised $130 million in fresh capital as part of a late-stage financing round led by asset manager Janus Henderson, valuing the transit-tech startup at $3.3 billi...
Nov 30, 2021
U.S. vaccine diplomacy czar Gayle Smith leaves role
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration's global COVID-19 response coordinator Gayle Smith has left the role after eight months, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday, just as the ...
Nov 30, 2021
White House to consider Richard Cordray as top Fed banking regulator- WSJ
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is considering Richard Cordray to serve as the Federal Reserve's top banking regulator, the Wall Street Journal reported https://on.wsj.com/3rru2kz on Tuesday, cit...
Nov 30, 2021
U.S. Majority Leader Schumer says Senate will pass debt limit increase ‘soon’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he looks forward to passing the debt limit increase "soon," after a "good conversation" with Republ...
Nov 30, 2021
Gucci heirs say “House of Gucci” portrays family as ‘thugs’
(Fixes typo in headline) FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - The heirs of Aldo Gucci, the man who transformed the Florentine label into a global phenomenon, are not happy at the way their family is portrayed ...
Nov 30, 2021
Colombia, Chile and Peru stock exchanges approve merger
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - The Colombian, Chilean and Peruvian stock exchanges have approved a merger into a regional holding company, they said, creating Latin America's second biggest bo...
Nov 30, 2021
U.S. bank profits dip on slower reduction in loan loss provisions
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. bank profits fell 1.2% in the third quarter of 2021 to $69.5 billion as firms were slower to shrink their credit loss provisions and grappled with low inte...
Nov 30, 2021
Compensation for crumbling homes to cost Ireland 2.2 billion euros
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will provide 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) to help repair or rebuild homes constructed using defective blocks during the light-touch regulation of the Celtic Tiger boom o...
Nov 30, 2021
U.S. consumer confidence ebbs in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence slipped in November amid concerns about the rising cost of living and relentless COVID-19 pandemic. The Conference Board said on Tuesday its consumer co...
Nov 30, 2021
Exor’s PartnerRe sale to free 9 billion euros for investment
MILAN (Reuters) - Exor, the holding company of Italy's Agnelli family, will have about 9 billion euros ($10.2 billion) available for investments next year once it completes the sale of reinsurer Partn...
Nov 30, 2021
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