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The average lifespan of one of these is about 23 years. What is it?
August 27, 2021 Q: The average lifespan of one of these is about 23 years. What is it? A: The $100 bill
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U.N. says Afghanistan humanitarian needs are ‘catastrophic’
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. officials appealed for $800 million to fill a chronic funding gap for Afghanistan on Friday, with a senior aid official describing the situation as "catastrophic" with at least...
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England’s COVID reproduction number remains above 1
LONDON (Reuters) - England's COVID-19 weekly reproduction "R" number remained above 1, according to official data released on Friday that showed the virus was continuing to spread. The range narrowed ...
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U.S. consumer spending slows in July; monthly inflation moderates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending slowed in July as shortages of motor vehicles tempered a rise in outlays on in-person services, supporting views that economic growth will moderate in the...
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U.S. bond funds receive higher inflows in week to Aug. 25 – Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S. bond funds witnessed a big increase in inflows in the week to Aug. 25 on caution ahead of a long-awaited speech by the Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole Symposium, that coul...
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Fed’s Harker says he still supports tapering sooner rather than later
(Reuters) - Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker said on Friday that he still supports tapering the central bank's asset purchases sooner rather than later, calling the significa...
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T-Mobile confident no ongoing risks to user data from recent hack
(Reuters) -T-Mobile US Inc said on Friday it was confident there were no continuing risks to user data from a breach disclosed earlier this month that affected more than 53 million current, former and...
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Last Dutch evacuation flight from Afghanistan lands in Netherlands -Defence Ministry
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The final flight of evacuees from Afghanistan arrived in the Netherlands on Friday carrying 87 Dutch citizens, the Defence Ministry said. Dutch military planes have taken more th...
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Half a million Afghans could flee across borders – UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to half a million Afghans could flee the crisis in their homeland, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday, appealing to all neighbouring countries to keep their borders ope...
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Chanel buys up more jasmine fields to safeguard famous No. 5
By Eric Gaillard PEGOMAS, France (Reuters) - Wary of disappearing flower crops used in its best-selling perfumes, fashion and beauty firm Chanel has bought up more land in southern France to secure it...
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