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IMF lifts forecast for UK growth in 2021 after vaccine roll-out
LONDON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund sharply revised up its growth forecast for Britain's economy in 2021 on Tuesday after giving a more downbeat assessment in April when the country was...
Jul 27, 2021
IMF raises Russia’s 2021 economic growth forecast
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's economy is on track to grow more than expected in 2021 but less than previously thought in 2022, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Tuesday. Russia's gross...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Gymnastics-Russia Olympic Committee win women’s team gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Russian Olympic Committee won the gymnastics women's team event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, denying American Simone Biles the first of what she hoped would be six gold meda...
Jul 27, 2021
Blockchain firm Fireblocks raises $310 million, valuation at $2 billion
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Sohini Podder NEW YORK/BENGALARU (Reuters) - Fireblocks, a platform that allows banks and other financial institutions to store, move and issue cryptocurrencies, said o...
Jul 27, 2021
IMF cuts emerging Asia growth forecast on COVID-19 resurgence
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut this year's economic growth forecast for emerging Asia, as a spike in coronavirus cases from new variants and slow vacc...
Jul 27, 2021
IMF lifts growth forecasts for rich nations, dims outlook for developing world
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday maintained its 6% global growth forecast for 2021, upgrading its outlook for the United States and other wealthy econo...
Jul 27, 2021
Facebook will restrict ad targeting of under-18s
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will stop allowing advertisers to target people under 18 on its platforms based on their interests or their activity on other sites, it said on Tuesday ...
Jul 27, 2021
U.S. home prices rose in April at fastest pace in 16 years – S&P/Case-Shiller
(Corrects year-over-year increase in second paragraph to 17% from 16.6% and that being the highest since August 2004, not March 2005) (Reuters) -U.S. single-family home prices in 20 key urban markets ...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Taekwondo-Serbia’s Mandic wins women’s +67kg gold medal
CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Serbia's Milica Mandic beat South Korea's Lee Dabin to take the women's taekwondo +67kg category gold medal on Tuesday. It was her second gold after a win at the London Games ...
Jul 27, 2021
Olympics-Weightlifting-Canada’s Charron wins gold in women’s 64kg
TOKYO (Reuters) - Canada's Maude Charron won the gold medal in the women's 64kg weightlifting event with a combined lift of 236kg at Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Italy's Giorgia Bordignon took the silve...
Jul 27, 2021
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