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Billionaire Thomas Barrack-backed SPAC withdraws IPO filing
(Reuters) - Falcon Peak Acquisition Corp, a blank-check company backed by former U.S. President Donald Trump's billionaire ally Thomas Barrack, on Friday withdrew its application for an initial public...
Jul 23, 2021
Exclusive-EU regulators likely to investigate Facebook’s Kustomer deal – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are likely to kick off a full-scale investigation into Facebook's acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer after its initial review ends next ...
Jul 23, 2021
India’s Reliance quarterly profit falls as expenses weigh
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd posted a 7.2% fall in first-quarter profit on Friday, hurt by a surge in expenses. The company, led by billionaire Mukes...
Jul 23, 2021
U.S. top diplomat Blinken to visit India, Kuwait
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to India next week, the State Department said on Friday, the top U.S. diplomat's first visit to the world's largest democracy ...
Jul 23, 2021
Modern crocodile’s ‘grandfather,’ 150 million years old, discovered in Chile fossil
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A 150-million-year-old fossilized skeleton discovered in the mountains of southern Chile was determined to be the ancestor of the modern crocodile, the Argentine Museum of Nat...
Jul 23, 2021
Pakistan seeks U.N. probe of India’s use of Pegasus spyware
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan called on the United Nations on Friday to investigate whether India used Israeli-made Pegasus spyware to spy on public figures including Prime Minister I...
Jul 23, 2021
Lagarde tames her biggest ECB rebellion through compromise and attrition
By Balazs Koranyi, Francesco Canepa and Frank Siebelt FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde tamed the biggest rebellion of her tenure this week through compromise, pe...
Jul 23, 2021
COVID-19 on the rise in Swedish cities as Delta outbreaks dominate
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Cases of COVID-19 have increased in Sweden's main cities with the more contagious Delta having emerged as the dominant variant in the country, health authorities said on Friday, ...
Jul 23, 2021
U.S. business activity cools further in July – IHS Markit survey
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business activity grew at a moderate pace for a second straight month in July amid supply constraints, suggesting a cooling in economic activity after wha...
Jul 23, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Sydney's outbreak throws spotlight on vaccine rollout Australia's New South Wales state on Friday reported its biggest daily r...
Jul 23, 2021
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