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Tennis-Clijsters battles but comes up short at Indian Wells
(Reuters) - Former world number one Kim Clijsters' return to tennis suffered another setback on Thursday when she fell 6-1 2-6 6-2 to Katarina Siniakova in the first round of the Indian Wells tourname...
Oct 07, 2021
Brazil in talks to buy up to 150 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for 2022
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is in talks to buy up to 150 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for next year, according to a document sent by the Health Ministry to a Senate inquiry on Thursday...
Oct 07, 2021
Sachem Head owns US Foods stake, plans to push for changes
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investment firm Sachem Head Capital Management LP said on Thursday that it owns a stake in US Foods Holding Corp and plans to push for changes at the food s...
Oct 07, 2021
Japan household spending falls on persistent COVID-19 pressure
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending fell 3.0% in August from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, as state of emergency curbs to combat the coronavirus pandemic...
Oct 07, 2021
Yellen says having a debt ceiling has become increasingly damaging to U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday she was pleased the Senate was moving toward suspending the debt limit but she added that having a debt ceiling has become ...
Oct 07, 2021
Republican lawmakers accuse White House of pressuring airlines on vaccines
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. lawmakers on Thursday accused the White House of pressuring U.S. airlines to require their employees be vaccinated for COVID-19 by a Dec. 8 deadline for...
Oct 07, 2021
Chinese markets return from break to more Evergrande angst
(Reuters) - China's markets return on Friday after a seven-day break with barely any fresh insight of how regulators propose to contain the contagion from cash-strapped China Evergrande Group's debt p...
Oct 07, 2021
Samsung says Q3 profit likely highest in 3 years on rising chip prices
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday its third-quarter operating profit likely rose 28% to the highest in three years, helped by rising memory chip...
Oct 07, 2021
UK starting pay jumps by most on record as staff shortages bite – survey
LONDON (Reuters) - British employers increased pay for new staff by the most since at least the 1990s, according to a survey that will be studied by the Bank of England as it tries to assess how persi...
Oct 07, 2021
U.S. Senate votes to raise debt ceiling, averting catastrophic default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to raise the U.S. federal borrowing authority by $480 billion and avoid possible catastrophic debt defaults later this month drew enough support in the Senate on Thu...
Oct 07, 2021
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