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Ackman says SPAC does not need to be registered, pushes back on lawsuit
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman on Tuesday said his blank check company is not an investment firm that needs to register with U.S. regulators, p...
Aug 17, 2021
Afghan vice president Saleh says on Twitter he is legitimate caretaker president
(Reuters) - Afghan vice president Amrullah Saleh said on Twitter on Tuesday he is in Afghanistan and is the "legitimate caretaker president". Saleh had said after a security meeting chaired by then Pr...
Aug 17, 2021
Armed men kill 37 in attack on village in southwest Niger, sources say
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Unidentified armed men have killed 37 civilians in the commune of Banibangou in southwest Niger, according to internal security service memos shared by a security source and a forme...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. business inventories rise solidly in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories increased strongly in June, though raw material shortages continue to frustrate efforts by motor vehicle retailers to restock. Business inventories ros...
Aug 17, 2021
Plane carrying French evacuees from Afghanistan lands in Abu Dhabi -minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The first French military plane carrying French evacuees from Afghanistan landed overnight in Abu Dhabi, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Tuesday, adding that France was ...
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. homebuilder confidence falls to 13-month low in August
By Evan Sully (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilder confidence in the market for single-family homes fell in August to its lowest reading in 13 months, a report released on Tuesday showed. The NAHB/Wells Fargo...
Aug 17, 2021
Afghan Taliban to hold first news conference -Taliban spokesperson
, (Reuters) - Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a tweet that he will hold a news conference on Tuesday at a media centre in Kabul that was previously used by the Afghan government. Mujah...
Aug 17, 2021
Developing southern Mexico key aim of U.S. talks, Ebrard says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Promoting development in southern Mexico will be a key objective of the so-called high level economic dialogue to be held between the United States and Mexico next month, Mexic...
Aug 17, 2021
HSBC banker who quit over racism report says efforts to hire more Black leaders failing
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Banks are failing to deliver on promises to hire, retain and promote more Black executives as prejudice and a reluctance to change stymie leaders' good intentions,...
Aug 17, 2021
NATO’s Stoltenberg says plan was to build Afghan state, not to stay there forever
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's aim in Afghanistan was to help build a viable state, not to maintain a permanent presence there, and so the government's collapse in the face of Taliban forces after 20 yea...
Aug 17, 2021
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