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Ladbrokes owner shares hit record high as investors bet on new MGM bid
By Chris Peters and Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) - Shares of Entain, which rejected a takeover offer from MGM Resorts this year, jumped to a record high on Wednesday after a $4.4 billion asset sale by t...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S.’s Blinken, Sudan’s prime minister discuss Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Wednesday about the conflict in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray and agreed to pr...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. voices concern at Tanzania’s arrest of opposition politician
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A senior U.S. government official expressed concern on Wednesday over the arrest and imprisonment of Tanzania's opposition leader Freeman Mbowe who was charged with terrorism...
Aug 04, 2021
Fed’s Clarida backs raising interest rates in 2023
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should be in the position to begin raising interest rates in 2023, Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida said on Wednesday, as he predicted the U.S. economy remains...
Aug 04, 2021
Colorful, violent and silly, ‘The Suicide Squad’ makes a comeback
By Alicia Powell (Reuters) - Margot Robbie leads a cast of unhinged supervillains as "The Suicide Squad" returns on Friday in a sequel that its cast calls colorful and crazy. With a new director in Ja...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. services sector index races to record high in July -ISM survey
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A measure of U.S. services industry activity jumped to a record high in July, boosted by the shift in spending to services from goods, but businesses continued...
Aug 04, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Poland’s Nowicki wins gold medal in men’s hammer throw
By Amy Tennery TOKYO (Reuters) - Poland's Wojciech Nowicki won the men's hammer throw with a personal best of 82.52 metres on Wednesday, while his compatriot Pawel Fajdek avoided another Olympic disap...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen touts infrastructure bill as reducing economic inequality
ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday traveled to Atlanta to call for passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, saying it would help reverse wage and r...
Aug 04, 2021
U.S. labor market likely to add about 500,000 jobs a month – Fed’s Bullard
(Reuters) - The U.S. labor market is likely to recover at a pace of about 500,000 jobs a month, putting it on track to return to pre-pandemic levels by next summer, St. Louis Federal Reserve President...
Aug 04, 2021
Robinhood surges 65% on Reddit buzz
(Reuters) - Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc surged 65% minutes after the open on Wednesday, as interest from star fund manager Cathie Wood and small-time traders set up the stock for a fourth session ...
Aug 04, 2021
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