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Exclusive: MKS Instruments approaches Atotech with acquisition offer – sources
By Greg Roumeliotis and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Semiconductor equipment maker MKS Instruments Inc has approached Atotech Ltd, a specialty chemicals group that has a market value of $4.7 billion, with a...
Jun 10, 2021
Fed to announce QE taper in August or September on rising inflation concerns: Reuters poll
By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is likely to announce in August or September a strategy for reducing its massive bond buying program, but won't start cutting monthly purcha...
Jun 10, 2021
Flying taxis could poach passengers from planes, Avolon says
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus and Boeing watch out - one of the world's largest aircraft owners says passenger planes could see their wings clipped by the rapid spread of flying taxi startups...
Jun 10, 2021
U.S. National Cathedral bells toll 600 times to mark COVID-19 victims
By Julio-Cesar Chavez WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On a rainy Thursday evening in Washington D.C., the bells at the National Cathedral tolled 600 times, once for every 1,000 Americans who have died in the c...
Jun 10, 2021
Australia’s Victoria reports zero COVID-19 cases as lockdown ends
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state reported zero locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the first time in nearly three weeks on Friday as state capital Melbourne came out of a snap two-week...
Jun 10, 2021
Chile approves J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Institute of Public Health said on Thursday it had approved the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Belgian laboratory Janssen for U.S. pharmaceutical Johnson &...
Jun 10, 2021
Chile shuts capital Santiago once more as vaccines fail to quell rampant cases
By Aislinn Laing and Gabriela Donoso SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean health authorities announced a blanket lockdown across the capital Santiago on Thursday following some of the worst COVID-19 case numb...
Jun 10, 2021
U.S. vows to review trade cooperation with Nicaragua if elections unfair
By Matt Spetalnick and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is prepared to review "trade-related activities" with Nicaragua, including Managua's participation in a Central Americ...
Jun 10, 2021
Two guests onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise test COVID-19 positive
(Reuters) - Cruise operator Royal Caribbean said on Thursday two guests onboard its Celebrity Millennium ship have tested positive for COVID-19, but are asymptomatic and currently in isolation. The gu...
Jun 10, 2021
Study faults California for building homes in wildfire areas
(Reuters) - California risks an escalating spiral of wildfire catastrophes and rising housing costs unless it completely revamps how it rebuilds after fires and finds ways to discourage building in hi...
Jun 10, 2021
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