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London takes aim at New York with five-year financial plan
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs to ease taxes on banks and make it easier to hire staff from abroad, its financial and professional services lobby said in a blueprint to help London unse...
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Australian court orders Allianz pay $1.1 million penalty for travel insurance sales
(Reuters) - An Australian court fined local units of Allianz SE for selling travel insurance to ineligible customers and not properly disclosing how it calculated premiums on Expedia websites, the cou...
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Chinese beef buyers expect Brazil trade to resume soon despite mad cow cases
By Dominique Patton and Nayara Figueiredo BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese beef importers said on Monday the suspension of exports by top supplier Brazil due to two cases of mad cow disease has had no imme...
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Thriving seal population dips in Britain’s River Thames
RAMSGATE, England (Reuters) - The colony of seals in Britain's Thames Estuary has dipped slightly, though the thriving population of the predators is testament to just how far the river has recovered ...
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‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams found dead in apartment -NY Post
By Tim Reid (Reuters) - Michael K. Williams, who played the character Omar Little in the TV series "The Wire," was found dead in his New York apartment on Monday, the New York Police Department said. ...
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Virginia to take down Robert E. Lee statue on Wednesday
(Reuters) - A statue of Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee that towers six stories over Richmond, Virginia, and was a centerpiece of protests over racial injustice, is coming down this week. ...
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El Salvador buys first 200 bitcoins ahead of legal adoption
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador has bought its first 200 bitcoins, President Nayib Bukele said on Monday, one day before the country formally adopts the cryptocurrency as legal tender. "Our broke...
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Factbox-Pros and cons for El Salvador, the first bitcoin nation
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador will on Tuesday become the first country in the world to recognize bitcoin as legal tender, a move President Nayib Bukele says will save Salvadorans living abroad ...
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Lebanese filmmakers premiere ‘miracle’ movie at Venice
By Hanna Rantala VENICE (Reuters) - Filmmaker Mounia Akl says her feature debut "Costa Brava, Lebanon" became an act of resistance and a means to survive when a deadly blast tore through Beirut a day ...
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TV aggregator Roku to launch its players in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) - Television aggregator Roku Inc said on Monday it would launch its streaming players in Germany later this year, its second big European rollout, seeking to capitalize on a pandemic-...
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