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Explainer-How Robinhood’s public listing ups the regulatory stakes
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robinhood Markets Inc's highly anticipated public listing will subject the company to a slew of additional regulatory demands - historically a weak spot for t...
Jul 28, 2021
Germany’s Contentful valued at $3 billion after Tiger Global-led funding
(Reuters) - Content platform provider Contentful said on Wednesday it raised $175 million in a funding round led by investment giant Tiger Global, bringing the German company's valuation to $3 billion...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Basketball 3×3-US women defeat ROC to claim first ever gold medal at Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States women defeated the Russian Olympic Committee team on Wednesday to claim the first ever Olympic gold medal in 3x3 basketball. The score was 18-15 when the final whis...
Jul 28, 2021
Raab calls for global vaccine drive as UK starts donating shots
By Andrew MacAskill OXFORD, England (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warned that the world would not be adequately vaccinated until 2024 unless other countries joined Britain in dona...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Gymnastics-Hashimoto of Japan wins men’s all-around gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Daiki Hashimoto of Japan won the men's all-around gymnastics gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. China's Xiao Ruoteng won silver and the bronze went to Russian Nikita Nago...
Jul 28, 2021
Brazil’s Bolsonaro shuffles cabinet, recreates labor ministry
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appointed center-right Senator Ciro Nogueira as his chief of staff on Wednesday to shore up waning political support in Congre...
Jul 28, 2021
White House calls on America’s most critical companies to improve cyber defenses
By Christopher Bing and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is signaling to U.S. critical infrastructure companies, such as energy providers that they must improve their cyber defenses...
Jul 28, 2021
Lebanon’s Mikati hopes to form government soon
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said on Wednesday that he hoped to form a government shortly after securing the approval of President Michel Aoun for most of his nomi...
Jul 28, 2021
In Tunis bazaar, traders say economic woes set stage for crisis
By Jihed Abidellaoui TUNIS (Reuters) - In the tourist bazaar in the Old City of Tunis, embroidered scarves, clay pots and ornaments spill out from store fronts into the narrow alleyways. But few peopl...
Jul 28, 2021
Battery recycling firm Redwood raises $700 million from big fund managers
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) -Battery recycling startup Redwood Materials has raised $700 million from a group of high-profile fund managers, including T. Rowe Price, Baillie Gifford and Fidelity, the co...
Jul 28, 2021
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