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Exclusive: India’s most populous state to spend up to $1 billion to buy vaccines, in talks with Pfizer, Sputnik V
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh will spend up to $1 billion to buy COVID-19 shots and held early talks this week with companies such as Pfizer and ...
May 13, 2021
Foreign IT firms must open offices in Russia under new draft law – lawmaker
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign technology companies will be forced to open offices in Russia or face penalties such as advertising bans under draft legislation, a senior lawmaker said on Thursday, in a fr...
May 13, 2021
Factbox: How big is Bitcoin’s carbon footprint?
(Reuters) - Tesla boss Elon Musk's sudden u-turn over accepting bitcoin to buy his electric vehicles has thrust the cryptocurrency's energy usage into the headlights. Some Tesla investors, along with ...
May 13, 2021
Germany’s 2021 election and why it matters to markets
By Yoruk Bahceli, Danilo Masoni and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - It's rare for German elections to be exciting, market-moving events but the one on Sept. 26 may prove the exception if its outco...
May 13, 2021
FOUND: Missing Kalamazoo woman has been located and is safe
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — We recently received word from Kalamazoo County authorities that a missing woman has been located. 31-year-old Mei Zhou had not been seen since Thursday, May 6, and ...
May 13, 2021
JPMorgan, others discuss issuing credit cards to people with no credit scores – WSJ
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp and other banks plan to share data on customers' deposit accounts to extend credit to people who have traditionally been barred from getting ...
May 13, 2021
Prudential shares fall as Jackson demerger shifts to second half
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Prudential fell 5% on Thursday as the life insurer said the spin-off of its U.S. business would not take place until the second half. Analysts were expecting the demerger,...
May 13, 2021
Canada’s Cargojet tells pilots it may shift some work to U.S.
By Allison Lampert (Reuters) - Canada's Cargojet Inc has threatened to move work to the United States unless it wins exemption from rules aimed at preventing pilot fatigue because of their cost, accor...
May 13, 2021
S.Africa’s COVID-19 death toll much higher than official tally – report
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African report into excess deaths over the past year suggests more than 133,000 people in the country have died from COVID-19, far more than the official tally of near...
May 13, 2021
Colonial Pipeline has cyber insurance policy – sources
LONDON (Reuters) - Colonial Pipeline has cyber insurance arranged by broker Aon, with Lloyd's of London insurers AXA XL and Beazley among the underwriters, three sources told Reuters on Thursday. Colo...
May 13, 2021
