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GM boosts spending on electric vehicles, to add two new U.S. battery plants
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Wednesday boosted its spending on electric and autonomous vehicles, pulled ahead plans for two U.S. battery plants and forecast stronger-than-ex...
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Answer: Bulldog. What is the question? (doing Jeopardy-style QI today)
June 16, 2021 A: Bulldog. What is the question? (doing Jeopardy-style QI today) Q: What is the most searched breed of dog in Illinois?
Nancy Flagg Jun 16, 2021 David Howard / CC
Alphabet’s Waymo raises $2.5 billion in funding round
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo said on Wednesday it raised $2.5 billion in a funding round with participation from Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz, Silver Lake, and Tiger Global, amo...
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Ethiopia’s prime minister: next week’s election will be peaceful
By Giulia Paravicini and Dawit Endeshaw JIMMA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Ethiopia will show a sceptical world that it can successfully hold a peaceful election next week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told a c...
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Exclusive: Deutsche Telekom seeks investors to bankroll German internet overhaul – sources
By Arno Schuetze, Nadine Schimroszik and Pamela Barbaglia FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom is offering investors stakes in a company it is creating to overhaul Germany's internet cables to help ...
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Swimming-Australian women sprinters in prime form heading to Tokyo
By Richard Evans ADELAIDE, Australia (Reuters) - Each night of the swim-offs to determine who will represent Australia in Tokyo next month has thrown up a new star but the penultimate day was very muc...
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U.S. housing starts rise less than expected in May; building permits fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding rebounded in May, supported by an acute shortage of previously owned homes available for sale, but construction continues to be hampered by very expensive lumb...
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EU approves Portugal’s recovery plan, first grants seen in July
By Victoria Waldersee LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal on Wednesday became the first EU country to have its recovery plan rubber-stamped by the European Commission, whose president Ursula von der Leyen sai...
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Fannie Mae cuts U.S. home sales forecast, points to supply constraints
(Reuters) - Fannie Mae on Wednesday cut its forecast for home sales in the second and third quarters of 2021, blaming a lack of listings and a slowing pace of new construction. The No. 1 U.S. mortgage...
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Russians’ taste for non-alcoholic beer to grow at double-digit pace, says AB InBev Efes
By Anna Rzhevkina MOSCOW (Reuters) - AB InBev Efes, a Russia-based unit of the world's largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, expects double-digit growth in its non-alcoholic local beer sales in the nex...
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