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Asked on Porsche IPO, VW CEO says we have to ‘consider’ tapping markets
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess on Thursday dodged questions about a potential initial public offering of Porsche AG, saying only that any steps to tap capital markets would have t...
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Heat wave shrivels mango crop for Egypt’s farmers
By Malaika Tapper ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - The mango groves of Egypt's Ismailia province, normally humming with harvesting activity in July, have been quiet this summer following an unexpected heat...
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U.S. benchmark rate committee recommends CME SOFR term rates
By Karen Brettell and Jonnelle Marte (Reuters) - A group of banks and investors overseeing the shift of trillions of dollars to the new benchmark U.S. interest rate SOFR said on Thursday that they are...
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EU health body warns against visiting popular Greek islands over COVID-19
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's south Aegean islands were marked 'dark red' on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's COVID-19 map on Thursday after a rise in infections, meaning all but...
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U.S. pending home sales decline in June
By Evan Sully (Reuters) - Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes declined in June in step with a spike in home prices after rebounding strongly in the prior month. The National Association ...
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Vietnam accelerates vaccinations in COVID-19 epicentre
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will accelerate its vaccine rollout in COVID-19 hotspot Ho Chi Minh City and build more field hospitals, authorities said on Thursday, as it battles a worsening wave of infec...
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Foreign funds now own 81% of all shares listed on Moscow Exchange -bourse
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Global foreign funds increased their holdings of Russian stocks to more than 80% of all shares trading on the Moscow Exchange in the first half of this year, the bourse said on Thur...
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Elton John condemns rapper DaBaby for comments ‘fuelling’ HIV stigma
LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Elton John has condemned American rapper DaBaby for comments he made at a concert about people living with HIV, saying such statements fuel "stigma and discrimination". DaBab...
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Thousands stuck in Colombia’s Caribbean amid migration surge
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Some 9,000 migrants are stranded in a Caribbean municipality in Colombia amid a surge of people passing through on their way to north America following the re-opening of internation...
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Roberto Calasso, titan of Italian literature, dies
ATHENS (Reuters) - The Italian writer and publisher Roberto Calasso, "a literary institution of one" whose erudite explorations of myth and literature were translated into more than 20 languages has d...
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