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September 13, 2021 (Reuters) – Purdue Pharma, the bankrupt maker of the OxyContin painkiller, on Monday obtained court approval to pay up to $7.1 million in incentive payments for five top executives if they meet certain goals, despite opposition from government lawyers. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain in White Plains, New York signed off on […]

Ford Motor has hired Mike Amend as its chief digital and information officer as the automaker seeks to expand into software, subscriptions and in-vehicle connectivity. Amend, who was president of Lowe’s Online for three years, will focus on Ford’s “use of data, software and technology” — all areas central to Ford’s new Ford+ strategy, the […]

September 13, 2021 OTTAWA (Reuters) – Here are brief profiles of the Canadian political party leaders contesting the Sept 20 election. Justin Trudeau (Liberals) – Trudeau, 49, has been prime minister since November 2015 after he became the first leader to take a party from third place to an election win. He then lost his […]

September 13, 2021 By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. rights chief said the “triple planetary crises” of climate change, pollution and nature loss represented the biggest threat to human rights globally at the opening on Monday of a month-long session set to prioritise environmental issues. “As these environmental threats intensify, they will constitute the […]

September 13, 2021 By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will host a first in-person summit of leaders of the “Quad” countries – Australia, India, Japan and the United States – next week, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Monday. The summit will be held at the White House on Sept. […]

Yousuf Khan Contributor Share on Twitter Yousuf Khan is a partner at Ridge Ventures. Prior to joining Ridge, he was the first CIO of Automation Anywhere, CIO and Vice President of Customer Success at cloud-based AI platform Moveworks, as well as CIO of Pure Storage, Qualys and Hult International Business School. More posts by this […]

September 13, 2021 ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday the United States remains prepared to engage with North Korea, after Pyongyang reportedly carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend. “Our position has not changed when it comes to […]

September 13, 2021 By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Peronists are caught between a rock and a hard place after a crushing defeat in midterm congressional primaries on Sunday: shift to the center to win back crossover voters or double down on populist policies to fire up the base. The Sunday vote https://ift.tt/390iRVI, […]

Grab a red Sharpie, circle September 20 on your calendar (ooh, how old school), and get ready to jump start your TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 networking experience. Sure, Disrupt’s “official” run is September 21-23, but why wait to meet other movers and shakers in your specific tech category? We’re hosting a series of speed networking sessions […]

September 13, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – The title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen is likely to stay full-on to the end of the season despite the pair crashing into each other at Monza, Formula One boss Ross Brawn said on Monday. Italian Grand Prix Stewards deemed Red Bull’s championship leader Verstappen was at […]

September 13, 2021 By Robert Muller BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Pope Francis, at a memorial to the more than 100,000 Slovak Jews killed in the Holocaust, said on Monday that it was shameful how people who said they believed in God perpetrated or permitted “unspeakable acts of inhumanity”. At a somber ceremony at a spot where […]

September 13, 2021 By Philip Pullella and Robert Muller BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Pope Francis warned against too much focus on individual rights and culture wars at the expense of the common good on Monday during a visit to Slovakia amid increased nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment across eastern Europe. The 84-year-old Francis, looking fit, is making his […]

There are a growing number of companies interested in CRISPR’s potential to upend medicine. It’s probably safe to say there’s only one company interested in using the gene-editing system to create a living, breathing woolly mammoth. Or, at least, something pretty close to it.  That’s the primary mission of a new company called Colossal. Co-founded […]

September 13, 2021 By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Emma Raducanu’s astonishing U.S. Open triumph could lead to a pot of gold worth around 20 million pounds ($27.7 million) over the next two years and that may be just the start, according to sports marketing experts. The 18-year-old Briton was almost unheard before reaching the […]

September 13, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden announced new mandates on Thursday to spur Americans who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 to get a shot. The measures apply to more than 100 million workers, but it is not known how many of those are already vaccinated. Here is a look at what the measures […]

September 13, 2021 By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A Chilean union at Albemarle Corp, the world’s top lithium producer, said on Monday it had rejected the company’s latest labor contract offer, leaving workers to continue a walk off that has extended for more than a month. The 135-member “Albemarle Salar” union, which comprises about […]

September 13, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington, D.C., has broadened its antitrust lawsuit against Amazon to challenge the online retailer’s agreements with wholesalers as well as third-party sellers, city Attorney General Karl Racine’s office said on Monday. The city sued Amazon in May alleging its requirements barred third-party sellers from selling elsewhere for less than […]

September 13, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Andrew plans to challenge a U.S. court’s jurisdiction over a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting and battering her two decades ago, according to a Monday court filing. In the filing with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, a lawyer for Andrew […]

September 13, 2021 By Maha El Dahan BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s new government has vowed to tackle one of the worst economic meltdowns in history.     The path it must take includes reforms mapped out by donor states and institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund which have repeatedly said they will unlock […]

September 13, 2021 By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is faced with rival claims to Myanmar’s seat at the 193-member world body as the ruling junta seeks to cement its coup with international legitimacy by ousting the U.N. ambassador appointed by Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government. Ahead of the annual […]