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U.S. Commerce Department rescinds TikTok, WeChat prohibited transactions list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S Commerce Department said Monday it was rescinding a list of prohibited transactions with TikTok and WeChat that were issued in September as the Trump administration soug...
Jun 21, 2021
Air France and Wizz CEOs spar over airline regulation
By Laurence Frost and Alexander Cornwell PARIS (Reuters) - Traditional airlines need more time to recover before full competition for airport slots is restored, the head of Air France-KLM said on Mond...
Jun 21, 2021
Gilead’s remdesivir reduces COVID-19 mortality risk- data
(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc said an analysis showed its antiviral remdesivir reduced mortality rates in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and increased the likelihood of being discharged by day ...
Jun 21, 2021
Key dates in Catalonia’s independence bid
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday his government would pardon nine Catalan separatist leaders jailed for their role in a 2017 independence bid. Below is a timel...
Jun 21, 2021
EU privacy watchdogs call for ban on facial recognition in public spaces
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's two privacy watchdogs teamed up on Monday to call for a ban on the use of facial recognition in public spaces, going against draft European Union rules wh...
Jun 21, 2021
China’s 51job to go private in $5.7 billion deal
(Reuters) - Chinese recruitment firm 51job Inc said on Monday it entered a definitive agreement with Garnet Faith Limited to be taken private in a deal valued at about $5.7 billion. (Reporting by Eva ...
Jun 21, 2021
LegalZoom eyes over $5 billion valuation in second attempt at U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - LegalZoom is aiming for a valuation of more than $5 billion in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), marking the online legal services company's second attempt at a stock market listing,...
Jun 21, 2021
‘Girl from Rio’ Anitta joins Nubank to target low-income clients
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian pop star Anitta has joined Latin American financial start-up Nubank as the seventh member of its board of directors, in an unusual signing for a bank. Born in a Rio de ...
Jun 21, 2021
EU antitrust regulators to decide on AerCap’s $30 billion GE deal by July 26
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 26 whether to clear a $30 billion bid by Ireland's AerCap to buy the aircraft leasing business of General Electric, a European Commissi...
Jun 21, 2021
17% of Americans say they are "very good" at THIS. What is THIS?
June 21, 2021 Q: 17% of Americans say they are "very good" at THIS. What is THIS? A: Swimming
Jun 21, 2021 Albert Straub / CC
Peoria, IL, USA
46 °F Partly cloudy
