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US manufacturing activity rises to four-year high in May, S&P Global survey shows
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity strengthened in May, scaling the highest level in four years, as businesses boosted inventories to guard against potential ...
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Section of Eiffel Tower staircase fetches over €450,000 at auction
By Elissa Darwish PARIS, May 21 (Reuters) - A spiral segment of the Eiffel Tower's original staircase sold for more than 450,000 at auction in Paris on Thursday. The buyer, who was in the auction room...
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Tennis-Sinner draws favourable path at French Open as Djokovic faces tough route
By Vincent Daheron PARIS, May 21 (Reuters) - World number one Jannik Sinner will open his French Open campaign against French wildcard Clement Tabur after Thursday's draw handed the Italian top seed a...
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Wall St opens lower as oil jumps on renewed Mideast concerns
May 21 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday as oil prices surged following a Reuters report that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei ordered the country's near-...
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Israel deports 37 French nationals on Gaza flotilla to Turkey, France says
PARIS, May 21 (Reuters) - Israeli authorities are currently deporting 37 French nationals who were part of the group of activists on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla to Turkey, France's Foreign ministr...
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Parker-Hannifin to acquire KKR-owned Circor Aerospace for $2.55 billion
(Corrects to say the deal is for Circor Aerospace, not the whole firm, in headline, paragraphs 1 and 2) May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. investment firm KKR said on Thursday it would sell aerospace division of...
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US single-family housing starts tumble in April
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding dropped sharply in April and permits for future construction fell, suggesting the housing market could remain subdued for a while as the ...
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BoE's Taylor sees less risk of inflation persistence than in 2022
LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said on Thursday he saw less risk of so-called second-round inflation effects from rising energy prices caused by the Iran war than f...
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Factbox-Ukraine attacks Russian energy sites - what has been hit?
MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Ukraine has increased attacks on Russian energy facilities in recent months as peace talks have failed to produce any progress. There are no risks to fuel supplies in Russia...
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Anthropic in talks to use Microsoft's AI chips, The Information reports
May 21 (Reuters) - Anthropic is in talks to rent servers powered by Microsoft-designed chips to meet rising demand for its AI services, The Information reported on Thursday, in what would be a major b...
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