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Exclusive-Taiwan’s Terry Gou, TSMC reach initial agreements for BioNTech vaccines -sources
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of Taiwan's Foxconn, and TSMC reached initial agreements to buy 5 million doses each of BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, thr...
Jul 02, 2021
IBM’s Jim Whitehurst to step down as president
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp said on Friday President Jim Whitehurst, who played a major role in Big Blue's $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat two years ago, will step down from hi...
Jul 02, 2021
U.S. House panel passes amendment to stop sanctions waiver on Nord Stream 2
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration could face pressure to block Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline after a House of Representatives panel this week passed an a...
Jul 02, 2021
First case of COVID Delta variant confirmed in Bosnia-report
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The first case of the Delta coronavirus variant was confirmed in Bosnia on Friday, contracted by a visiting Spanish pilgrim, the N1 regional television reported. The sample that w...
Jul 02, 2021
Ryanair sees ‘huge uptick’ in European air travel
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair is seeing a "huge uptick" in air travel across Europe, with the exception of Ireland and parts of the British market, Group Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said on Friday. R...
Jul 02, 2021
June jobs gain a notch for Fed, but participation rates raise concern
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy's gain of 850,000 jobs in June was another solid step towards the Federal Reserve's milestone for changing monetary policy, but other data f...
Jul 02, 2021
Europe approves upgrade to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine plant
(Reuters) - Europe's medicines regulator on Friday approved a scale-up of Johnson & Johnson's plant in Leiden, the Netherlands, that produces drug substance used in its COVID-19 shot to bolster supply...
Jul 02, 2021
Belarus’ Lukashenko orders closure of border with Ukraine – BelTA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko ordered on Friday the full closure of Belarus' border with neighbouring Ukraine, citing security reasons, BelTA state news agency reported. Luka...
Jul 02, 2021
U.S. DoJ investigates Lordstown Motors – WSJ
(Reuters) - The Department of Justice is investigating electric-vehicle maker Lordstown Motors Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The inquiry int...
Jul 02, 2021
Tennis-Wimbledon order of play on Saturday
LONDON (Reuters) - Order of play on the two showcourts on the sixth day of the Wimbledon championships on Saturday (play starts at 1230 GMT unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding): CENTRE COURT ...
Jul 02, 2021
