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September 29, 2021 By David Kirton GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) -Guo Hui, whose cleaning business is owed 20 million yuan ($3.1 million) by embattled real estate giant China Evergrande, is counting on the government to fix a crisis that has left his own company on the brink of bankruptcy. In the meantime, the 50-year-old known by […]

September 28, 2021 By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -A Brazilian hospital chain tested unproven drugs on elderly COVID-19 patients without their knowledge as part of an effort to validate President Jair Bolsonaro’s preferred ‘miracle cure,’ a lawyer for whistleblowing doctors told senators on Tuesday. At least nine people died of COVID-19 during the trials at […]

September 28, 2021 (Reuters) -Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones said an “underdog” mentality helped propel her to the top of her sport, after being named the winner of the WNBA’s Most Valuable Player award on Tuesday. Jones won the award in her fifth WNBA season after she received 48 of 49 first-place votes and 487 […]

September 28, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – People in Britain have reported a first worsening in their financial situation in more than a year as inflation pushes up the cost of living, a survey showed on Wednesday. The Household Finance Index published by Scottish Widows, an insurance and pensions firm, fell to 44.0 in the July-September […]

September 28, 2021 By David Kirton ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) -China touted its expanding military air power and hopes of capturing a growing share of its civil aviation market for domestic producers at a national air show inaugurated amid regional tensions over Taiwan and disruption from the pandemic. Typically held every other year in the southern […]

September 28, 2021 By Clare Jim and Jing Xu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Beijing is prodding government-owned firms and state-backed property developers such as China Vanke Co Ltd to purchase some of embattled China Evergrande Group’s assets, people with knowledge of the matter said. Evergrande, saddled with $305 billion in liabilities, is teetering on the brink […]

September 28, 2021 By Tina Bellon and David Shepardson (Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration was not the friendliest and its electric vehicle policy appeared to be controlled by labor unions. Speaking at a tech conference in California, Musk was critical of a White House summit […]

September 28, 2021 (Reuters) – Netflix has bought video game creator Night School Studio and rolled out five mobile gaming titles in select European markets, the company said on Tuesday, as it looks to diversify revenue sources amid intensifying competition in the streaming space. Night School Studio, the company’s first gaming studio purchase, is best […]

September 28, 2021 By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s ruling party votes for a new leader on Wednesday who will almost certainly become the next prime minister ahead of a general election due in weeks and with the economy staggering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, his support in tatters ahead of […]

September 28, 2021 (Reuters) – A Canadian regulator on Tuesday asked for information from the public on telecom company Rogers Communications Inc’s planned C$20 billion ($16 billion) purchase of Shaw Communications Inc to check for competition concerns. The deal announced in March to create Canada’s second-largest cellular and cable operator has attracted regulatory scrutiny. The […]

Peter Relan is not exactly a household name, but he has seen a lot over the course of his career and enjoyed a fair amount of success. A Stanford grad who logged time at Hewlett Packard and Oracle before becoming the CTO of the ill-fated, bubble-era company Webvan, Relan has, in more recent years, become […]

September 28, 2021 By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – In Alaska, leaves are falling, daylight is dwindling and salmon-devouring brown bears are racing the clock to pack on the pounds they need to survive their winter hibernation. Unbeknownst to the enormous bruins, some of them are also competing in Katmai National Park and Preserve’s […]

September 28, 2021 By Arshad Mohammed and John Irish WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – The United States has reached out to China diplomatically about reducing its purchases of Iranian crude oil, U.S. and European officials said on Tuesday, as Washington seeks to persuade Tehran to resume talks about reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. Purchases of Iranian oil […]

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, contradicted President Joe Biden’s claim last month that top military advisers didn’t recommend keeping a residual force in Afghanistan.  In a Sept. 28 Senate hearing, both generals said they believe the U.S. should have left a residual force […]

Remote work may have changed the way we spend our days, but there’s quite a sneaky disruptor among us: burnout. As the pandemic drags on, employees are either soul-searching for a bigger purpose or simply exhausted by the uncertainty and stale culture of their current jobs. It’s not a small subset of the working population, […]

September 28, 2021 By Amy Tennery (Reuters) – Tom Brady walks into Gillette Stadium in a different uniform but in the familiar role as defending Super Bowl champion on Sunday, playing in New England for the first time as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. The 44-year-old returns to the New England Patriots’ home turf for the […]

September 28, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Deputy Finance Minister Gabriel Yorio said on Tuesday that the revocation of the banking license of Bank Accendo was an isolated situation and did not pose a threat to the country’s banking and financial system. (Reporting by Anthony Esposito in Mexico City, writing by Laura Gottesdiener) Source […]

September 28, 2021 By Krystal Hu and Echo Wang (Reuters) -Shares of Amplitude Inc opened nearly 43% above their reference price in their Nasdaq debut on Tuesday, notching up a valuation of about $5 billion for the benchmark-backed analytics company. San Francisco-based Amplitude, which confidentially filed for a direct listing in July, was valued at […]

September 28, 2021 (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday delayed its return-to-office plans for the second time this month, saying it will now start bringing back employees in January next year, according to a memo seen by Reuters. The bank said its operations and contact center employees will start returning to office over […]

September 28, 2021 By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Toymaker Lego doubled its earnings in the first six months of the year as customers flocked to its reopened stores to buy Star Wars building sets, model Colosseums and flower bouquets made from its colourful plastic bricks. While parts of the global retail industry are still reeling […]