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Fintech firm Chime valued at $25 billion after $750 million funding
(Reuters) - Chime Financial said on Friday it had raised $750 million in its latest funding round led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities, valuing the financial services startup at $25 billion ahead of...
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U.S. workplace regulator says vaccinated workers should wear masks
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The U.S. agency that regulates workplace safety issued guidance on Friday urging employers to require many fully vaccinated workers to wear masks to protect unvaccinated...
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Illinois sees increase of 21,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past week
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — On average, the state of Illinois added more than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases per day in the last week. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 21,334 ne...
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U.S. CDC panel recommends use of COVID-19 vaccine boosters in immunocompromised
(Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday voted in favor of allowing people with compromised immune systems to receive extra doses of COVID-19 vacc...
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Tencent, SoftBank-led funding pushes Argentina’s Uala to $2.45 billion valuation
(Reuters) - China's online giant, Tencent Holdings Ltd, and SoftBank Group Corp's Latin America-focused fund led an investment round for Argentine firm Uala which took its valuation to $2.45 billion, ...
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U.S. drillers add most oil rigs in a week since April – Baker Hughes
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms added the most oil rigs in a week since April as the total rig count more than doubled from a record low a year ago amid a recovery in crude prices. The...
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Dutch PM Rutte hopes to lift social distancing rules Sept 20
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said the government is considering lifting social distancing rules on Sept. 20 as COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands ease. In the week en...
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Amazon’s palm print recognition raises concern among by U.S. senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. senators, including Democrat Amy Klobuchar who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel, wrote a letter to Amazon.com Inc to express concern about its ...
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Private Medicare plans must return overpayments, appeals court rules
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a rule requiring private insurers that administer federally funded Medicare plans to return potentially billions of dollars in ove...
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Olympics: PETA calls on IOC president to remove equestrian events from Games
(Reuters) - PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday to eliminate equestrian events from future Olympics citing cruelty to horse...
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