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AbbVie gets a shot in the arm from newer drug sales, lifts profit view
(Reuters) -U.S. drugmaker AbbVie Inc on Friday raised its 2021 adjusted profit forecast for the third time this year after a stellar performance by its newer drugs helped it beat Wall Street estimates...
Oct 29, 2021
Smartphone made by Google and India’s Reliance Jio to be sold for about $87
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Reliance Industries said on Friday the low-cost smartphone made by its Jio telecom business and Alphabet Inc's Google will be available in stores from this festive season ...
Oct 29, 2021
Exxon Mobil posts highest quarterly profit in nearly four years
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday posted its highest quarterly profit in nearly four years, powered by surging oil and gas prices and higher margins from motor fuels demand. The oil major reporte...
Oct 29, 2021
Take Five: It’s now or never
LONDON (Reuters) - With a UN warning that "the clock is ticking loudly" ringing in their ears, governments attending the COP26 talks in Scotland will try to agree emissions cuts to cap global warming ...
Oct 29, 2021
England’s COVID prevalence rises to highest since January, ONS says
LONDON (Reuters) -The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England hit its highest level since the start of the year, reaching around 1 in 50 people in the week ending Oct. 22, Britain's Office for Na...
Oct 29, 2021
Poland summons Belgian ambassador in rule of law row -PAP
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland has summoned Belgium's ambassador, a foreign ministry spokesman told state-run news agency PAP, after its Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, accused Warsaw of "playing with f...
Oct 29, 2021
Phillips 66 posts third-quarter profit as fuel demand rebounds
(Reuters) - U.S. refiner Phillips 66 on Friday posted a quarterly profit from a year-ago loss, as demand for fuel and refined products bounced back from pandemic lows thanks to COVID-19 vaccinations a...
Oct 29, 2021
Futures slip after Apple, Amazon results reignite supply, labor woes
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes looked set to drop from record highs on Friday, as results from mega-cap firms Apple and Amazon.com reignited concerns of labor and supply ...
Oct 29, 2021
U.N. urges Mali to end hereditary slavery
By Nellie Peyton DAKAR (Reuters) - U.N. human rights experts on Friday called on Mali to crack down on hereditary slavery after a series of violent attacks against people born into servitude. Slavery ...
Oct 29, 2021
China proposes guidelines on internet platform responsibilities
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's market regulator on Friday proposed a long list of responsibilities it said it wanted the country's internet platforms to uphold, in the latest effort by Beijing to establ...
Oct 29, 2021
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