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Festivals for Britain as events get $1 billion COVID reinsurance cover
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a government-backed reinsurance scheme totalling more than 750 million pounds ($1 billion) on Thursday to cover live events against cancellation ris...
Aug 05, 2021
Manulife, Sun Life see short-term challenges in Asia amid COVID resurgence
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's biggest life insurers Manulife Financial Corp and Sun Life Financial on Thursday flagged short-term challenges in Asia as a resurgence in coronavirus cases leads to a resu...
Aug 05, 2021
Victim of massacre backs Mexico’s suit against U.S. arms makers
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mormon of U.S.-Mexican origin who lost a daughter and four grandchildren in a massacre by gang members in 2019 on Thursday backed a plan by the Mexican govern...
Aug 05, 2021
Olympics-Transgender weightlifter becomes focus of inclusion vs fairness debate
By Martin Petty TOKYO (Reuters) - At 43, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is nearly twice the average age of her Tokyo 2020 competitors. Having shifted 285 kg in qualifying, she is also one of ...
Aug 05, 2021
Levi Strauss to acquire athletic wear maker Beyond Yoga
(Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co. said on Thursday it would buy apparel maker Beyond Yoga for an undisclosed amount, as it looks to expand its presence in the lucrative leggings category that boomed duri...
Aug 05, 2021
Branson’s Virgin Galactic to sell space flight tickets starting at $450,000
(Reuters) - Spaceship company Virgin Galactic said it will open ticket sales on Thursday for space flights starting at $450,000 a seat, weeks after billionaire founder Richard Branson's high-profile t...
Aug 05, 2021
Brazil audit court sees fuel shortages with Petrobras divestment
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Federal Audit Court (TCU) says there is a risk of fuel shortages in regional markets as a result of the sales of assets by state-controlled oil company Petroleo Bra...
Aug 05, 2021
Gilead says aware of counterfeit HIV medicines being distributed in U.S.
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences said on Thursday it has become aware that tampered and counterfeit versions of its HIV treatments, Biktarvy and Descovy, are in circulation within U.S. drug distribution ne...
Aug 05, 2021
Peru’s new leftist president prioritizes China ties during early days in office
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - In his first week in office, Peru's new left-wing administration under President Pedro Castillo has been quick to extend a friendly hand to China, the Andean nation's ...
Aug 05, 2021
Corteva lifts sales forecast on strong demand for herbicides, insecticides
(Reuters) - Corteva Inc on Thursday raised its net sales forecast for the year, after strong demand for crop protection products like herbicides and insecticides helped the agricultural company beat e...
Aug 05, 2021
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