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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...
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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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Former Disney executives Mayer and Staggs plan new SPAC – source
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - Former Walt Disney Co executives Kevin Mayer and Thomas Staggs plan to raise $300 million in an initial public offering for a new special purpose acquisition company (SP...
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Uber faces UK Supreme Court ruling on worker rights in gig economy test
By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court will rule on Friday in a battle over workers' rights at taxi app Uber that could have ramifications for millions of people in the gig economy...
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Yellen says U.S. will keep tariffs on China in place for now
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will keep tariffs imposed on Chinese goods by the former Trump administration in place for now, but will evaluate how to proc...
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