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September 9, 2021 By Chris Prentice and Marc Jones WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks pared losses and Wall Street reversed earlier gains on Thursday as investors weighed uncertainty over central bank tapering and economic recovery due to the coronavirus Delta variant against strong weekly jobless claims data. Major U.S. indexes were lower, pulling back from […]

September 9, 2021 By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar dipped on Thursday as Treasury yields fell after the U.S. government saw strong demand for a sale of 30-year bonds, while the euro was supported after the European Central Bank said it would trim emergency bond purchases over the coming quarter. The greenback […]

September 9, 2021 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – The small right-wing People’s Party of Canada (PPC) expelled one of its local officials on Thursday over allegations he threw gravel at Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this week, a party spokesman said. Trudeau was hit by a handful of gravel on Monday, television images […]

The JioPhone Next, the much-awaited smartphone designed by Google and India’s Jio Platforms to tap hundreds of millions of users in the world’s second largest internet market, won’t launch on Friday, the Indian technology giant said Thursday midnight. In a statement issued just now, Jio Platforms said the firm has been testing the smartphone with […]

Amit Anand Contributor Share on Twitter Amit Anand is a founding partner of Jungle Ventures and an early pioneer and leader in the development of Southeast Asia’s venture capital industry. Southeast Asian tech companies are drawing the attention of investors around the world. In 2020, startups in the region raised over $8.2 billion, about four […]

September 9, 2021 ZURICH (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah finished off her golden year on a high when she won the 100 metres title in the season-ending Diamond League final on Thursday. Thompson-Herah followed up her Olympic 100 and 200 metres in double in Tokyo by coming within 0.05 seconds of Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old […]

September 9, 2021 By Sabrina Valle and Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil offshore losses remained at 76% on Thursday after Hurricane Ida hit the Gulf of Mexico, according to government data, which prolonged outages and caused the first oil cargo shipment cancellations to buyers in Asia. Production should be disrupted for several more […]

September 9, 2021 By Jeff Mason, David Shepardson and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will require all federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and the U.S. Department of Labor will issue a rule requiring businesses with more than 100 employees to have their workers vaccinated or tested weekly, officials said on Thursday. […]

September 9, 2021 By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -The United States and Mexico on Thursday resumed high-level economic talks for the first time in four years as the two sides signaled they need greater cooperation to combat the challenges of climate change, workers’ rights and immigration. The so-called High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) will seek to pursue […]

September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Former Germany and Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng, who this month signed for Olympique Lyonnais, was found guilty of premeditated bodily harm on his former partner, a spokesperson for a court in Munich said on Thursday. He was fined 1.8 million euros ($2.13 million). The 2014 World Cup winner, who […]

September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – Japanese rookie Yuki Tsunoda said on Thursday he was surprised to have been retained by his AlphaTauri Formula One team for another year. The Italy-based outfit confirmed an unchanged lineup of Tsunoda and Frenchman Pierre Gasly, winner of last year’s Italian Grand Prix, ahead of this weekend’s home race at […]

September 9, 2021 (changes date in dateline, no change to story) LONDON (Reuters) – Brentford have signed Denmark defender Mathias Jorgensen on a one-year contract with the option of another year, the promoted Premier League club said on Thursday. Popularly known as Zanka, the 31-year-old arrives as a free agent following two loan spells away […]

September 9, 2021 By Mahamat Ramadane N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Unable to honour debt commitments, authorities in Chad are hoping for a “favourable opinion” from Glencore Plc on restructuring the country’s commercial debt under the G20 framework, said Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke. Chad officially requested a restructuring of its public debt back in January, the […]

September 9, 2021 By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase & Co has reached a deal to buy The Infatuation, the parent company of restaurant review brand Zagat, according to a joint statement from the bank and media company on Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, The Infatuation is […]

September 9, 2021 By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve bank Gov. Michelle Bowman added her voice Wednesday to the growing number of policymakers who say the weak August jobs report will not throw off the central bank’s developing plan to trim its $120 billion in monthly bond purchases later this year. “Even […]

September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday said it is targeting 20% lower aviation emissions by 2030, as airlines facing pressure to lower their carbon footprint promised to use more sustainable aviation fuel. The push to accelerate carbon cutting is part of President Joe Biden’s target of making the United States net […]

September 9, 2021 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it needs more time to decide whether e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc and other major manufacturers can sell their products in the United States. The agency had been expected to make a decision by Thursday, a year after Juul and other […]

September 9, 2021 By Jarrett Renshaw, Jeff Mason and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday withdrew his nomination of gun control advocate David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – a federal agency pivotal in his goal of lowering U.S. firearms violence – blaming Republican opposition. […]

A battle between Box and its majority shareholder Starboard Value over control of the board ended today when the company’s slate of directors easily defeated Starboard’s. It culminated months of maneuvering on both sides as they battled for control of the company. Box in a somewhat generic statement expressed gratitude for the results: “Box appreciates […]

Houseparty, the social video chat app acquired by Fortnite maker Epic Games for a reported $35 million back in 2019, is shutting down. The company says Houseparty will be discontinued in October when the app will stop functioning for its existing users; it will be pulled from the app stores today, however. Related to this […]