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October 7, 2021 ABUJA (Reuters) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will launch the eNaira, its digital currency, in a couple of days from now, Governor Godwin Emefiele told a conference on Thursday. He said this would make Nigeria “one of the first countries in Africa, and indeed the globe, to adopt the digitisation […]

October 7, 2021 By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped by the most in three months last week, suggesting the labor market recovery was regaining momentum after a recent slowdown, as the wave of COVID-19 infections began to subside. The weekly unemployment claims report from […]

October 7, 2021 PRAGUE (Reuters) – Skoda Auto, a Volkswagen unit and the Czech Republic’s biggest exporter, will “significantly reduce or even halt” production from Oct. 18 until the end of the year due to the global shortage of chips hobbling the automotive sector. Carmakers around the world are struggling with a lack of semiconductor […]

October 7, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – France’s top bishop has been summoned by the interior minister after saying that the pact of secrecy would prevent a priest from reporting sex crimes against children that were revealed during Catholic confession. Following the publication of a report this week about sexual abuse of children by the clergy […]

BrightHire, a startup that wants to transform the way people are hired inside organizations, announced a $20.5 million Series B investment today led by 01 Advisors with participation from Index Ventures and Zoom Apps Fund. The fact that Zoom Apps Fund is involved is not a coincidence, as the company is based on taking information […]

Medley, the group coaching platform that focuses on both personal and professional development, has today announced the close of a $3.7 million seed round led by A16Z. Connie Chan and Anne Lee Skates of Andreesen Horowitz led the round, with participation from Aglaé Ventures, Foundation Capital, Ciara Wilson, Jen Rubio, Dara Treseder (Peloton). and Sanyin […]

October 7, 2021 By Cate Cadell QINZHOU, China (Reuters) – U.S. remote-control maker Universal Electronics Inc told Reuters it struck a deal with authorities in Xinjiang to transport hundreds of Uyghur workers to its plant in the southern Chinese city of Qinzhou, the first confirmed instance of an American company participating in a transfer program […]

October 7, 2021 FRANKFURT (Reuters) -European Central Bank policymakers debated a bigger cut in asset purchases last month and harboured greater inflation concerns than their post-meeting communication suggested, the accounts of the Sept. 9 discussions showed on Thursday. With the economy now on a solid footing and inflation well above the ECB’s target, policymakers are […]

October 7, 2021 (Reuters) – Twitch, a live streaming e-sports platform owned by Amazon.com Inc, on Wednesday blamed “an error” in server configuration change that might have allowed an alleged hacker to leak sensitive information. The platform said it was still assessing the impact and that it had reset all stream keys, or codes that […]

October 7, 2021 By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Governments should start planning a return to more sustainable budgets with policies that win the trust of investors, after unprecedented fiscal stimulus to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday. But each country must determine the appropriate timing and pace of fiscal […]

October 7, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Workers at Opel’s Eisenach plant, which was shut down last week until the end of the year due to chip shortages, on Thursday accused the carmaker’s owner, Stellantis, of exploiting Germany’s furlough scheme to move production out of the country. Union officials fear that Opel, which is bound by […]

October 7, 2021 By Carolina Mandl and Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Alberto Joseph Safra and his family are close to an agreement over the will of his father, Brazilian billionaire banker Joseph Safra, that could avoid litigation over an almost $15 billion fortune, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. […]

October 7, 2021 By Francois Murphy and Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria’s Greens, the junior party in the ruling coalition, raised the prospect on Thursday of deposing Chancellor Sebastian Kurz by holding talks with other parties on next steps after he was placed under investigation on suspicion of bribery. All three main opposition parties have […]

October 7, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – A leading Syrian Kurdish politician said on Thursday the United States will stay on in Syria to destroy Islamic State, build infrastructure and remain a player in the search for a political settlement after more than 10 years of civil war. After meetings in Washington with representatives of the […]

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Paddle, a solutions provider subscription-based businesses, is betting on a future where App Store developers are able to use third-party payment systems — and it wants to be among the first to market with an alternative once such a system is permitted. The company today announced a new in-app purchasing (IAP) system aimed at iOS […]

October 7, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Deutsche Post said on Thursday it would hike its 2021 guidance for the sixth time as the pandemic-spurred boom in e-commerce and parcel shipments continued well into the third quarter of 2021. The Germany-based provider of postal services said it would provide details of the new guidance with final […]

October 7, 2021 (Corrects to show U.S. stocks rose, not fell in paragraph 8) By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices extended losses from the previous session on Thursday, as the United States said it was considering selling oil from its strategic reserves and as Russia said it was ready to stabilise the natural gas […]

October 7, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Cemex, North America’s biggest concrete producer, said on Thursday that variables including supply chain issues, project delays and foreign exchange effects could impact EBITDA for around $100 million. “We believe on a preliminary basis… that all these variables can impact our EBITDA for an amount of around 100 […]

October 7, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Champagne sales are set to reach a four-year high this year, driven by strong exports to the United States and Australia, champagne wine growers lobby SGV said on Thursday, adding that Brexit and a row with Russia had not hit volumes. The forecast should cheer wine producers that face […]