September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – Pharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc is considering an acquisition of healthcare IT firm Evolent Health Inc, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of Arlington, Virginia-based Evolent rose as much as 18% after the report, before paring some gains to trade up nearly 9%. […]
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Mexico sends 70 Haitian migrants back home by plane
September 29, 2021 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government sent 70 Haitian migrants back to Haiti on Wednesday in what it described as a “voluntary return” flight, days after the United States cleared thousands of Haitian migrants from a camp at the Mexican border in Del Rio, Texas. Mexico’s interior and foreign ministries said in […]
Fed’s Daly sees taper bar met by year end, no rate hike in 2022
September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Wednesday said she feels the U.S. central bank will be able to begin reducing the pace of its monthly asset purchases by year end, but believes an interest rate hike is still a “long way” away. “By the end of the […]
U.S. lawmakers to take time out from feuding to play ball
September 29, 2021 By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As partisan standoffs in the U.S. Congress risk a government shutdown and debt default, lawmakers take a timeout on Wednesday for one of Washington’s few remaining bipartisan traditions: their annual baseball game. The 2021 contest between the Democrats and Republicans, an event that typically raises over […]
Olympics-Beijing Games to allow spectators only from mainland China
September 29, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) -Tickets for the Beijing 2022 winter Olympics will be sold to spectators from mainland China only, while unvaccinated athletes must spend 21 days in quarantine ahead of the Games, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday. Organisers of the Beijing Games have informed the IOC’s Executive Board 2022 of the […]
Tennis-Djokovic pulls out of Indian Wells
September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next month’s Indian Wells tournament, organisers said on Wednesday. “I am sorry I won’t get to see my fans in Indian Wells and play in the desert, my favourite place to go. I hope to see you next year!,” Djokovic said in […]
Soccer-Olympic champions Canada to kick off ‘Celebration Tour’ in October
September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – The Olympic champion Canadian women’s soccer team will kick off a “Celebration Tour” next month with two home games against 2023 Women’s World Cup co-host New Zealand, Canada Soccer said on Wednesday. The matches, which will be held during the FIFA international window and mark the start of Canada’s journey […]
G7 finance ministers make some progress on tax deal, UK says
September 29, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Finance ministers from the Group of Seven made some progress on Wednesday at reaching a joint position on a landmark global corporate tax deal, days before it needs to win over a wider international audience, Britain’s finance ministry said. Britain – which chairs the G7 this year – brokered […]
Global supply disruptions could still get worse, central bankers warn
September 29, 2021 By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Supply constraints thwarting global economic growth could still get worse, keeping inflation elevated longer, even if the current spike in prices is still likely to remain temporary, the world’s top central bankers warned on Wednesday. The disruptions to the global economy during the […]
Shares staunch bleed after worst selloff since January
September 29, 2021 By Matt Scuffham NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors sought to stanch the bleeding on Wednesday after world stock markets suffered their worst rout since January and U.S. and European borrowing costs raced to their highest in months. Stock indices in the United States and Europe staged a partial recovery after a heavy sell-off […]
Qatar adds new people and an entity to its national sanctions list – QNA
September 29, 2021 CAIRO – (Reuters) – Qatar added a group that it described as a “terrorist entity” and seven people to its national sanctions list, the state news agency (QNA) reported on Wednesday. The decision taken by the attorney general comes in line with the cooperation with the united states, QNA added. The report […]
Rebuffed by Bolsonaro, Brazil medical institute to sell vaccines abroad
September 29, 2021 By Eduardo Simões (Reuters) – Brazil’s Butantan biomedical institute is in talks to sell a locally manufactured COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac to other countries in South America and Africa, as the federal government has not ordered more of the shots. Butantan Director Dimas Covas said on Wednesday that the institute […]
Young activists table proposals for Glasgow climate talks
September 29, 2021 By Stephen Jewkes and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – Young activists on Wednesday tabled a slate of proposals for inclusion in the COP26 climate agenda, a day before Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi meets Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. The proposals will be vetted by climate and energy ministers gathering at a meeting […]
TikTok Shopping expands with more partnerships, LIVE Shopping, new ads and more
TikTok is expanding its investment in e-commerce. Earlier this year, the video platform began piloting TikTok Shopping in the U.S., U.K., and Canada, in partnership with Shopify. The deal allowed Shopify merchants with a TikTok For Business account to add a Shopping tab to their TikTok profiles and sync their product catalogs to the app […]
General Motors’ new software platform Ultifi is coming to vehicles starting in 2023
General Motors is rolling out a new software platform in vehicles starting in 2023 that executives say will usher in a sweeping set of capabilities including giving drivers access to subscription services and using over-the-air updates to offer new apps. The software platform can be used to give owners greater access to all the functions […]
Investible launches $100M AUD fund for early-stage climate tech startups
Investible, the Sydney-based early-stage venture firm known for investments in Canva and other top Australian startups, announced today it is raising a $100 million AUD (about $72.3 million USD) Climate Tech Fund. This is the first time Investible has launched a sector-focused fund. It’s first two funds, including a $50 million AUD one closed earlier […]
Explainer-Standing at the precipice, Washington courts debt limit catastrophe
September 29, 2021 By Jason Lange, Megan Davies and David Randall WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A standoff in Washington between President Joe Biden’s Democrats and Republicans is threatening to trigger a financial and economic meltdown if Congress fails to act by about Oct. 18, when the Treasury Department expects to run out of cash to cover […]
Eyewear company Warby Parker valued at over $6 billion after shares climb in debut
September 29, 2021 (Reuters) -Shares of Warby Parker Inc jumped 35% in their U.S. market debut on Wednesday, notching up a valuation of over $6 billion for the eyewear company. The company’s stock, which went public through a direct listing, opened at $54.05 per share compared with the reference price of $40 per share. A […]
‘We will remove you’, Hezbollah official told Beirut blast judge
September 29, 2021 BEIRUT (Reuters) – A senior official in the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah told the judge investigating the disastrous Beirut port blast that it would remove him from the probe, according to a journalist who says she conveyed the message and a judicial source. Judge Tarek Bitar described the message in a letter […]
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Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: What’s […]
