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Analysis-Investors look to near $2 trillion corporate cash hoard to buoy stocks
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are looking to a mounting pile of cash at U.S. companies to provide support for the stock market in coming months, as executives announce plans to inc...
Jul 21, 2021
Insurer AIG picks Sept. 14 as global back-to-office date
(Reuters) - American International Group Inc, one of the largest U.S. insurers, has set Sept. 14 as its global return-to-office date, Chief Executive Officer Peter Zaffino told employees on Wednesday ...
Jul 21, 2021
SoftBank-backed VTEX surges 32% in NYSE debut, valued at $4.7 billion
(Reuters) -Shares of Brazil's VTEX rose 32% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Wednesday, giving the SoftBank Group-backed digital commerce company a valuation of $4.7 billion. VTEX's stock ope...
Jul 21, 2021
Suns’ Chris Paul scoffs at retirement talk, ready to ‘get back to work’
MILWAUKEE - Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul plans to play a 17th season in 2021-22 with no designs on retirement following his first career trip to the NBA Finals. Paul, 36, has a player option on...
Jul 21, 2021
Russia extends house arrest of Kremlin critic Navalny’s spokesperson
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Wednesday ordered jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh to be held under house arrest pending trial until January next year, her lawyer...
Jul 21, 2021
Russia targets 80% COVID herd immunity by November
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is aiming for 80% COVID-19 herd immunity by November, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Wednesday, despite its relatively slow vaccination rate. Authorities said...
Jul 21, 2021
French cybersecurity agency warns of China-linked APT31 attacks on French organizations
PARIS (Reuters) - French cyber-security watchdog ANSSI warned on Wednesday of what it said were ongoing attacks against a large number of French organizations led by the China-linked APT31 hacking gro...
Jul 21, 2021
India reports first human death from bird flu
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An 11-year-old boy has died in India from a bird flu virus of the H5N1 strain, the first such fatality in the country, highlighting a potential new risk for the world's second-mo...
Jul 21, 2021
Pharmacist in deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak resentenced to 10-1/2 years in prison
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - An ex-pharmacist at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose mold-tainted drugs sparked a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 was resentenced on Wednesday to...
Jul 21, 2021
UK food supply chains ‘on the edge of failing’, meat industry says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's food supply chains are "right on the edge of failing" as absence related to COVID-19 has aggravated a critical shortage of labour, a meat industry body said on Wednesday. ...
Jul 21, 2021
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