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UBS extends winning streak in second quarter as wealth management business booms
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS on Tuesday posted a 62.8% rise in second-quarter net profit, as buoyant markets continued to help the world's largest wealth manager generat...
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Factbox: Jeff Bezos’ journey from suburban garage to edge of space
(Reuters) - U.S. business mogul Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com Inc, is set to launch into space aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on Tuesday, nine days after rival Richard Branson...
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Jeff Bezos, world’s richest man, set for inaugural space voyage
By Eric M. Johnson VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, on Tuesday is set to blast off aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard https://graphics.reuters.com/SPACE-EX...
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Australia inquiry urged to strip Crown Resorts of licence for main casino
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd should be stripped of the gambling licence for its main Melbourne resort due to insufficient and uncertain efforts to refo...
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Floods lay bare Europe’s “gigantic task” in averting future climate damage
By Kate Abnett and James Mackenzie BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The catastrophic floods that swept northwest Europe last week were a stark warning that stronger dams, dykes and drainage systems are as urgent ...
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Olympics-IOC’s Bach lauds “peace” message, more athletes test COVID-19 positive
By Karolos Grohmann and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) -International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday the Tokyo Games would send a powerful message of "peace and solidarity"...
Syndicated Content Jul 19, 2021
Indonesians celebrate Eid al-Adha festival under COVID-19 curbs
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Millions of Muslims in Indonesia on Tuesday celebrated Eid al-Adha, one of the most important Islamic festivals, as President Joko Widodo pledged that tighter coronavirus restricti...
Syndicated Content Jul 19, 2021
Sales in two China Evergrande projects suspended by Chinese authorities
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Sales in two developments of China Evergrande Group in a southern Chinese city have been halted by the authorities, government notices show, adding pressure on the developer's ca...
Syndicated Content Jul 19, 2021
Australia’s central bank may reverse policy taper decision – economists
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank will likely reverse its decision to taper its bond buying programme if Sydney remains in a coronavirus lockdown when the board meets on Aug....
Syndicated Content Jul 19, 2021
SOS: Stranded and shattered seafarers threaten global supply lines
By Jonathan Saul and Roslan Khasawneh LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - "I've seen grown men cry," says Captain Tejinder Singh, who hasn't set foot on dry land in more than seven months and isn't sure when...
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