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Disney+ magic fades: Barclays downgrades Walt Disney after three years
(Reuters) - Walt Disney's stock received a rare Wall Street downgrade on Monday, as Barclays called for bold changes from the media giant to reverse slowing growth at its Disney+ streaming service. Di...
Oct 18, 2021
Deaths in Norway attack came from stab wounds, not bow and arrow, police say
OSLO (Reuters) - Five people killed in a small Norwegian town last week were all stabbed to death and not shot with a bow and arrows as initially suspected, police said on Monday. Four women and one m...
Oct 18, 2021
Asda’s $1 billion deal to sell petrol forecourts to EG Group terminated
LONDON (Reuters) -Asda, the British supermarket chain, and EG Group have terminated a deal that would have seen EG buy Asda's petrol forecourts for 750 million pounds ($1.03 billion), the two companie...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Trade Representative to go to Brussels, attend G7 trade ministers meeting in London
(Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Deputy Trade Representative Jayme White will travel to Brussels on Tuesday and then to London on Thursday to attend the G7 trade ministers meeti...
Oct 18, 2021
EU evaluating use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in young children
(Reuters) -The European Union's medicines regulator said on Monday it has started evaluating the use of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in children between five and 11 years of age. Pfizer ...
Oct 18, 2021
Don’t subject stablecoins to new rules, crypto lobby tells U.S. regulators
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Asset-backed stablecoins do not pose a systemic risk to the U.S. financial system and should not face a new set of rules, a major cryptocurrency lobby group told U.S. ...
Oct 18, 2021
Biden administration moves to curtail toxic ‘forever chemicals’ – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency said it will set enforceable limits on certain polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, in drinking water, The Washingto...
Oct 18, 2021
Italy considers new fuel poverty monitor as energy prices soar
By Stephen Jewkes and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) - Italy is looking to monitor fuel poverty as part of broader plans to reform the energy market and temper price increases for consumers, a governm...
Oct 18, 2021
Soccer-Neymar ruled out of PSG’s Champions League clash with Leipzig
(Reuters) - Brazilian forward Neymar will miss Paris St Germain's Champions League group game against RB Leipzig after picking up an injury on international duty, manager Mauricio Pochettino said on M...
Oct 18, 2021
Lebanon’s Amal movement says violence aimed to reignite internal strife
By Maha El Dahan BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Shi'ite Amal movement said on Monday last week's street violence in Beirut in which seven Shi'ite Muslims were shot dead aimed to reignite internal strife...
Oct 18, 2021
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