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Volkswagen investors approve $339 million settlement with former execs
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shareholders in Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen on Thursday approved a deal to settle claims against four former executives, including long-time CEO Martin Winterkorn, relat...
Jul 22, 2021
Drugmaker Endo settles opioid claims by Tennessee counties, cities for $35 million
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Endo International Plc has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a lawsuit by Tennessee local governments and on behalf of a child allegedly born addicted to painkillers a...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. housing market floats back to earth
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. housing market appears to be straining under the weight of its own pandemic-driven success. Recent data shows the sector is returning from the stratospher...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-The world records most at risk in Tokyo
By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Michael Phelps' 23 Olympic swimming gold medals is a record that may never be beaten but the Tokyo pool could still see the world's best push the boundaries of human perfor...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. developing plans to spend $52 billion on chips supply -Commerce Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is developing plans to quickly spend $52 billion to deal with semiconductor supply issues if Congress passes a bill funding such efforts, U.S. Commerce ...
Jul 22, 2021
Extreme heat scalds Christmas tree crops in Oregon
By Deborah Bloom OREGON CITY, Ore. (Reuters) - The destruction wrought by the extreme heat and wildfires raging across Oregon includes all kinds of farms - including one that grows trees for the Chris...
Jul 22, 2021
Google is starting to tell you how it found Search results
(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google will now show its search engine users more information about why it found the results they are shown, the company said on Thursday. It said people googling queries will n...
Jul 22, 2021
Belgium raises flood death toll to 37, further six missing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian authorities raised the death toll on Thursday from last week's burst rivers and flash floods to 37, with a further six people missing. Belgium's crisis centre, which is co...
Jul 22, 2021
Insurance brokerage Ryan Specialty rises 9% in NYSE debut, valued at $6.5 billion
(Reuters) -Shares of Ryan Specialty Group Holdings Inc rose 9% in their New York Stock Exchange Debut on Thursday, fetching a market capitalization of $6.5 billion for the insurance brokerage founded ...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. Democratic senators say FBI ignored tips on Brett Kavanaugh
By Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Democratic Senators on Thursday said that newly released materials show the FBI failed to fully investigate sexual misconduct all...
Jul 22, 2021
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