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Yellen, Powell to discuss hot U.S. housing market – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will discuss the hot housing market and its risks with fellow regulators on Friday, Bloomberg News reported. (R...
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Australia faces first economic contraction in a year on Sydney lockdown
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - A coronavirus lockdown in Sydney, Australia's most populous city, threatens to shrink the country's economy in the third quarter, with a slow vaccine rollout adding ...
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British watchdog clears AstraZeneca’s $39 billion buyout of Alexion
(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday it has cleared AstraZeneca's $39 billion buyout of U.S.-based Alexion after it decided not to initiate a broader probe into the deal follo...
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Taliban claims to control key Afghan border crossing with Pakistan
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters on Wednesday said they have gained control over an important trade route linking Pakistan with southern Afghanistan, hours after Afghan forces surrendered the critic...
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UK inflation surges to 2.5%, highest in nearly 3 years
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British inflation jumped further above the Bank of England's target in June when it hit 2.5%, its highest since August 2018 and up from 2.1% in May, putting the foc...
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Italy’s Ali Group hungry for bigger slice of U.S. fast-food market
By Maria Pia Quaglia MILAN (Reuters) - Italian family business Ali Group expects its planned takeover of U.S. catering equipment rival Welbilt to boost sales as Americans' appetite for takeaways and m...
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Quotes: China’s surprise RRR cut gets markets pondering rate cuts, other easing
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's surprise decision to lower the reserve requirements for its banks last week is leading some market analysts to speculate that a cut in country's benchmark loan prime rate ...
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Olympics-Swimming-FINA weigh up sanctions on Uzbek federation over ‘manipulated’ results
(Reuters) - Swimming's world governing body (FINA) said sport's highest court has rejected an appeal from Uzbekistan's federation over its decision to invalidate results from two Olympic qualification...
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Swisscom boss apologises for massive network outage – newspaper
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swisscom Chief Executive Urs Schaeppi has apologised for the massive outage of the telecoms company's services last week which meant emergency services could not be contacted by Swi...
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China plans July launch of national emissions trade scheme
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's long-awaited national carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) will be formally launched very soon this month, the environment ministry said on Wednesday, without giving a dat...
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