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U.S. consumer spending falls for second straight month in December
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending fell for a second straight month in December amid renewed business restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 and a temporary expiration of government-fu...
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BlackBerry execs sold shares as Reddit-driven rally started
By Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) - Three BlackBerry executives, including the chief financial officer, sold $1.7 million of the telecoms technology firm's stock in the early days of this month's meteoric...
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OPEC Jan oil output rises for 7th month, Nigeria limits gain-survey
By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC oil output has risen for a seventh month in January, a Reuters survey found, after the group and allies agreed to ease record supply curbs further, although an i...
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J&J COVID-19 vaccine is 72% effective in the U.S., and 66% overall in large trial
By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Friday said its single-dose vaccine was 72% effective in preventing COVID-19 in the United States but a lower rate of 66% was observed globally in...
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Mexico in 2020 suffers worst slump since Great Depression
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's economy last year suffered its biggest annual contraction since the 1930s due to the pandemic, though it recovered stronger than expected in the final quarter, prelimi...
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U.S. FDA extends review period on Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug
(Reuters) - Biogen Inc and partner Eisai Co Ltd said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended the review period by three months for aducanumab, its experimental treatment for Alzhe...
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Futures drop as short squeeze worries resurface
By Devik Jain and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday as worries of a short squeeze resurfaced after an army of amateur investors trading in GameStop and other hot sto...
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Any ‘yes’ from BoE on negative rates is likely to be cautious
By Andy Bruce and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - Heavy caveats and caution are likely to couch any Bank of England announcement next week that negative interest rates are technically possible in Brit...
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Robinhood restricts buying of fractional shares in GameStop, other hot stocks
(Reuters) - Online brokerage Robinhood said on Friday it was not allowing purchases of parts of shares in GameStop and other stocks, a practice that has encouraged smaller investors by reducing the si...
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Oil set for slow recovery as vaccines rolled out: Reuters poll
By K. Sathya Narayanan and Bharat Gautam (Reuters) - Oil prices will hover around current levels for much of the year before a recovery gains traction into end-2021 as vaccines help demand gradually e...
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