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Switzerland orders son of Gadaffi’s oil chief to pay $1.5 million in bribery case
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss court ordered the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi's oil minister to pay $1.5 million in a corruption case on Friday, a decision that his lawyer said he ma...
Jul 02, 2021
Timeline: H&M’s China sales hit as boycott bites
(Reuters) - Fashion retailer H&M has taken a sales hit in China in recent months, its latest results showed, after consumers there called for boycotts of foreign apparel brands over past comments they...
Jul 02, 2021
Spain’s banks lay groundwork for post-COVID consumer spending boom
By Jess Aguado MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's banks, their margins slashed during the pandemic, are betting on a high-yield route back to profitability through consumer loans - by encouraging lockdown-wea...
Jul 02, 2021
U.S. trade deficit widens in May on rising imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit increased in May as efforts by business to rebuild inventories amid booming demand pulled in imports. The Commerce Department said on Friday that the trad...
Jul 02, 2021
US June payrolls top expectations, wage growth looks on the moderate side
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated in June as companies, desperate to boost production and services amid booming demand, raised wages and offered incentives to draw millions of reluctant...
Jul 02, 2021
Athletics-Sprinter Richardson suspended for one month after cannabis test, to miss Tokyo 100m event
By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for cannabis, the United States Anti-Doping Agency said o...
Jul 02, 2021
Gazprom holds back exports via Ukraine, pressing case for Nord Stream 2 -analysts
By Oksana Kobzeva and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Kremlin-controlled gas giant Gazprom has held off from booking additional capacity for gas supplies via Ukraine to meet surging demand in re...
Jul 02, 2021
COVID Delta variant now represents a third of French COVID cases – minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus now represents around a third of COVID cases in France, said French Health Minister Olivier Veran on Friday. Veran's latest estimate on the hi...
Jul 02, 2021
U.S. job growth picks up in June; unemployment rate rises to 5.9%
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth accelerated in June as companies, desperate to boost production and services amid booming demand, raised wages and offered incentives to draw millions of r...
Jul 02, 2021
English COVID-19 R number dips to between 1.1 and 1.3
LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 reproduction "R" number in England is estimated to have fallen to between 1.1 and 1.3, the government's latest weekly estimate said, with the daily growth rate of infec...
Jul 02, 2021
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