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U.S. to unveil Nord Stream 2 pipeline report, but sanctions may take time: sources
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is expected to name as early as Friday the companies it believes are helping build Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline, five sources said...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
‘Switch off lightbulbs:’ president asks Mexicans to ration power as Texas limits fuel
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president asked consumers on Thursday to use less electricity in the evenings as a measure to help overcome shortages of natural gas from Texas, which is seeking to ba...
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Oil drops as investors gauge big chill impact on U.S. refineries
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices slid as much as 2% in early trade on Friday, adding to overnight declines, on worries that refineries shut by a big freeze in the U.S. South will take s...
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Dollar nursing losses after jobs data mars recovery narrative; sterling buoyant
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar maintained its biggest loss in 10 days on Friday after disappointing U.S. labour market data bruised optimism for the country's speedy recovery from...
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Waze’s ex-CEO says app could have ‘grown faster’ without Google
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Waze has struggled to grow within Alphabet Inc's Google, the navigation app's former top executive said, renewing concerns over whether it was stifled by the search giant's ...
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Ackman details 2020 performance, names female investment team member
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman, whose bets on companies are closely watched, updated investors on how his flagship fund earned a record 70.2% retu...
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Short-selling under spotlight in GameStop hearing
By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short selling was under the microscope on Thursday as a U.S. House committee grilled executives from trading app Robinhood and hedge funds Melvin Capital and Citad...
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Hedge fund manager Plotkin’s GameStop short, dissected
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Gabriel Plotkin first bet against the future of GameStop Corp in 2014 when it traded around $40. But after a harrowing experience with shor...
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FirstEnergy says activist investor Carl Icahn looking to buy stake
(Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn is looking to buy a stake in FirstEnergy Corp, the energy distributor said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. He intends to acquire a stake worth between $184...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Japan’s consumer prices extend falls as pandemic hits demand
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices fell 0.6% in January from a year earlier, marking the sixth straight month of annual declines, as the coronavirus pandemic keeps the econ...
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