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Biden, Democrats aim for deal on spending package in coming days

By Jarrett Renshaw, Andrea Shalal, Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U...

20th October, 2021

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Factbox-COP26 in Glasgow: Who is going and who is not?

(Reuters) -Several prominent figures, including the heads of the two most populated countries in the...

19th October, 2021

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UK to increase grants to help homeowners ditch gas boilers

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will increase grants to homeowners to remove their gas boilers and...

19th October, 2021

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Apple doubles down on chip strategy with new premium-priced MacBooks

By Stephen Nellis and Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) -Apple Inc on Monday announced two new MacBook Pro mo...

19th October, 2021

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BHP iron ore output drops 5% on maintenance work, labour crunch

(Reuters) -BHP Group on Tuesday posted a near 5% drop in first-quarter iron ore output due to mainte...

19th October, 2021

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One in three UK music jobs wiped out by COVID, report says

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out one in three...

19th October, 2021

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Analysis-Lack of vaccination passport, testing threaten Japan’s reopening

By Elaine Lies and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s lack of a vaccination passport...

19th October, 2021

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Attitude shifts across the generations are changing the conversations we need to have with customers about life insurance

By David Vanek, CEO and co-founder of Anorak In reaction to the financial uncertainty surrounding th...

18th October, 2021

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Colin Powell, U.S. military leader and first Black Secretary of state, dies

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who rose to...

18th October, 2021

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For Britain’s chicken farmers, Brexit and COVID brew a perfect storm

By Kate Holton and James Davey DRIFFIELD, England (Reuters) – When Nigel Upson checks the pluc...

18th October, 2021

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Power squeeze curbs Chinese growth, leaves Europe in a gas bind

By Muyu Xu, Oksana Kobzeva and Jason Hovet BEIJING/MOSCOW/PRAGUE (Reuters) – China’s pow...

18th October, 2021

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China’s GDP growth hits 1-year low as power crunch, bottlenecks choke output

By Kevin Yao and Gabriel Crossley BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s economy grew at the slowest pace...

18th October, 2021