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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
Houston man pleads guilty in scheme to sell $317 million bogus masks to Australian state
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A Texas man has pleaded guilty to involvement in a scheme to fraudulently sell 50 million N95 respirator masks he did not have for $317.6 million to the government of Ne...
Jul 28, 2021
Dell stops some U.S. gaming PC shipments over new efficiency rules
(Reuters) - PC maker Dell Technologies Inc said it has stopped shipping some versions of its powerful gaming systems to California and five other states because the products do not meet new energy eff...
Jul 28, 2021
Tunisian president replaces head of television station
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied removed the head of the national television station, Mohamed al-Dahach, on Wednesday and appointed a temporary replacement, his office said, after calls...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. looks to leverage African diaspora in trade with Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to tap the African diaspora in the United States to bolster trade with Africa, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, in a push to work with people wh...
Jul 28, 2021
Factbox-What’s in the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan $1.2 tln infrastructure plan?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of negotiators in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday said they have reached agreement on the major components of a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal - a key priorit...
Jul 28, 2021
Randal Grichuk, Blue Jays top Red Sox to open twin bill
Randal Grichuk hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fourth inning and drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the host Boston Red Sox 4-1 in seven innings in the first of a day-night dou...
Jul 28, 2021
Tunisian president bashes ‘wrong choices’ on economy
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Wednesday that "wrong economic choices" had caused major financial problems in his first comments on the economy since using emergency powers to...
Jul 28, 2021
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