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Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors eye high-dividend stocks as Treasury yields languish
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Expectations that Treasury yields may stay tame in the second half of the year are pushing some investors to take a second look at companies whose dividend payout...
Syndicated Content Jul 02, 2021
Western Canada lightning strikes up tenfold, stoking fires
By Moira Warburton VANCOUVER (Reuters) -Lightning strikes in Western Canada over the past two days soared nearly tenfold from the same time a year ago, triggered in part by a record-breaking heat wave...
Syndicated Content Jul 02, 2021
Ocugen says Indian partner’s vaccine 93.4% effective against severe COVID-19
(Reuters) - The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Ocugen Inc's Indian partner, Bharat Biotech, has been found to be 93.4% effective against severe cases of COVID-19 in a late-stage trial, the U.S. drug de...
Syndicated Content Jul 02, 2021
A tie in Washington eating contest: 34 burgers in 10 minutes
(Reuters) - The reigning queen of Washington's annual July Fourth burger eating contest had to share her championship trophy on Friday with last year's second place winner, as the two each ingested 34...
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Swimming-FINA to review competition use of caps designed for afro hair
LONDON (Reuters) - Swimming's world governing body FINA said on Friday it would review whether caps designed for afro and big hairstyles could be worn in its competitions if there was no advantage to ...
Syndicated Content Jul 02, 2021
Athletics-Richardson ban reignites debate on cannabis rules in sport
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson's one-month ban on Friday after her positive test for cannabis has reignited the debate about the logic behind the drug's inclusion o...
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Fed’s Daly: Appropriate to consider tapering later this year
(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said the U.S. central bank may be able to start reducing "a little bit" of its extraordinary support for the U.S. economy by the en...
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Lawyer for Biafran separatist alleges abuse, Kenya denies involvement
By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A Nigerian separatist leader arrested after years on the run was badly mistreated in detention in Kenya before being returned to Nigeria, his lawyer said o...
Syndicated Content Jul 02, 2021
Brazil records 65,165 new coronavirus cases, 1,857 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil registered 65,165 new cases of coronavirus and 1,857 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Friday. (Reporting by Pedro Fonseca; Editin...
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200 businesses hit by ransomware after breach at Florida IT firm
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Cybersecurity company Huntress Labs said on Friday that 200 American businesses have been hit by ransomware attacks following an incident at U.S. IT firm Kaseya...
Syndicated Content Jul 02, 2021
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