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Ford quarterly U.S. auto sales rise on strong SUV, EV demand
(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's U.S. auto sales in the second quarter rose 9.6% to 475,327 units, benefiting from strong SUV and EV demand in June, the No.2 U.S. automaker said on Friday. The company post...
Jul 02, 2021
Investors eye September financial close for UK-Germany power cable
(Reuters) - The private investors behind the first power cable linking the United Kingdom and Germany, NeuConnect, said on Friday they are targeting a financial close of the 1.4 billion pound ($1.92 b...
Jul 02, 2021
WHO welcomes report on efficacy of longer gaps between AstraZeneca doses
GENEVA (Reuters) - A report from Oxford University saying that a longer gap between doses of AstraZeneca vaccines still provides protection is "very reassuring" for supply-strapped countries, World He...
Jul 02, 2021
Pakistan receives 2.5 million Moderna doses from U.S
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has received 2.5 million doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry and the U.S. embassy in Islamabad ...
Jul 02, 2021
Coming executive order will target airline baggage fees — source familiar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coming White House executive order will direct the U.S. Department of Transportation to make rules that promote competition in the airline industry, and will put a focus on ba...
Jul 02, 2021
Sylvia Plath’s love letters to Ted Hughes up for sale
LONDON (Reuters) - A trove of love letters that explore American poet Sylvia Plath's passion for her British husband, fellow poet Ted Hughes, are up for auction at Sotheby's, along with their wedding ...
Jul 02, 2021
Switzerland orders son of Gadaffi’s oil chief to pay $1.5 million in bribery case
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss court ordered the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi's oil minister to pay $1.5 million in a corruption case on Friday, a decision that his lawyer said he ma...
Jul 02, 2021
Timeline: H&M’s China sales hit as boycott bites
(Reuters) - Fashion retailer H&M has taken a sales hit in China in recent months, its latest results showed, after consumers there called for boycotts of foreign apparel brands over past comments they...
Jul 02, 2021
Spain’s banks lay groundwork for post-COVID consumer spending boom
By Jess Aguado MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's banks, their margins slashed during the pandemic, are betting on a high-yield route back to profitability through consumer loans - by encouraging lockdown-wea...
Jul 02, 2021
U.S. trade deficit widens in May on rising imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit increased in May as efforts by business to rebuild inventories amid booming demand pulled in imports. The Commerce Department said on Friday that the trad...
Jul 02, 2021
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