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Illumina closes $7.1 billion deal for cancer test maker Grail amid regulatory hurdles
(Reuters) -Illumina Inc has completed its $7.1 billion acquisition of cancer detection test maker Grail Inc, it said on Wednesday amid challenges posed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Eur...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. administers 358.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 358,599,835 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 419,612,925 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Aug 18, 2021
Huawei CFO’s U.S. extradition hearings in Canada end, date for ruling coming Oct. 21
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadian prosecutors said the defense of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou failed on facts and law, as hearings in their bid to extradite her to the ...
Aug 18, 2021
UK court sets scene for $14 billion-plus class action against Mastercard
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - A London court on Wednesday approved a 10 billion pound-plus ($14 billion-plus) class action against global payments processor Mastercard that claimants said could...
Aug 18, 2021
Musk’s ‘AI Day’ confronts tough questions about Tesla’s technology
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - At Tesla's "Autonomy Day" event in April 2019, Chief Executive Elon Musk said that by mid-2020 Tesla would have over a million self-driving vehicles where ride...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. disaster chief says vaccination rates are rising in hurricane-prone states
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spikes in COVID-19 infections and strong public messaging are starting to spur increased vaccination rates in hurricane-prone states, but more work is needed, t...
Aug 18, 2021
U.S. telecoms agency investigating massive T-Mobile data breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Wednesday it is investigating a T-Mobile US Inc data breach that the company said impacted more than 40 million former, ...
Aug 18, 2021
Ford will halt production at U.S. truck plant for week over chip shortage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said Wednesday it will temporarily shutter its Kansas City assembly plant that builds its best-selling F-150 pickup truck due to a semiconductor-related part short...
Aug 18, 2021
HSBC initiates legal proceedings against El Salvador claiming breach of treaty with UK
(Reuters) - HSBC Holdings said the banking group has initiated legal proceedings against El Salvador for what the company called a breach of the nation's investment treaty with the UK. "HSBC Latin Ame...
Aug 18, 2021
Biden disagrees with world leaders over Americans getting vaccine boosters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he disagreed with world leaders who argue other countries should get their first coronavirus vaccine shots before Americans get a boos...
Aug 18, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
69 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity
