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Robinhood, gateway to ‘meme’ stocks, raises $2.1 billion in IPO-source
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc, the owner of the trading app which emerged as the go-to destination for retail investors speculating on this year's 'meme' stock trading frenzy, raised ...
Jul 28, 2021
Infrastructure deal overcomes hurdle to advance in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan infrastructure package of roughly $1 trillion received the 60 votes necessary to advance in the 100-seat U.S. Senate on Wednesday, passing a key milestone that move...
Jul 28, 2021
Samsung Elec says demand for chips to remain strong after Q2 profit rises
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it expects favourable market conditions for its component business in the second half of the year, after ann...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. FDA agrees to extend J&J COVID-19 vaccine’s shelf-life to 6 months
(Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it agreed with Johnson & Johnson that its COVID-19 vaccine's shelf life can be extended to 6 months from 4.5 months when stored at 2-8c....
Jul 28, 2021
Lloyd’s of London plans electric vehicle, hydrogen insurance in climate change fight
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London plans to develop insurance products for electric vehicles and hydrogen as part of its efforts to fight climate change, the specialist insurance market said on Thur...
Jul 28, 2021
UK car output up a third after slump but sector warns of chip shortage
By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - British car production rose by nearly a third in the first half of 2021 from last year's slump, but remained down on the five-year average as the sector warned that ...
Jul 28, 2021
Britain’s climate getting warmer, sunnier and wetter – Met Office
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Recent decades in Britain have been warmer, wetter and sunnier than in the last century, with last year the third warmest on record, a report by climate scientists ...
Jul 28, 2021
SoftBank sells 45 million shares in Uber – source
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - SoftBank is selling about 45 million of its shares in Uber Technologies Inc, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Uber shares were down 4.6% at $44 in ...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Teenage skater gets legal surprise on return to Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's youngest Olympic medallist, Rayssa Leal, arrived home on Wednesday to find a lawyer she did not know had trademarked her nickname because she was worried unscrupulous bu...
Jul 28, 2021
Baseball-Nationals game postponed due to COVID-19 issues
(Reuters) - The Washington Nationals' game against the host Philadelphia Phillies, originally scheduled to be played on Wednesday, has been postponed to allow for further COVID-19 testing involving me...
Jul 28, 2021
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