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U.S. spirits market ends 2020 on a high; tariffs take off some sheen: trade body
(Reuters) - Domestic consumption of distilled spirits in the United States rose sharply last year as people splurged on premium spirits, although American whiskey exports fell due to retaliatory tarif...
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U.S. banking regulator freezes controversial ‘fair access’ rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. banking regulator announced Thursday it was freezing a contentious new rule that would prohibit banks from refusing to lend to certain business types, a move that will al...
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Analysis: SAP pitches cloud transformation to pandemic-hit customers
By Douglas Busvine and Nadine Schimroszik BERLIN (Reuters) - SAP says it is ready to lead customers into a cloud-based future, but the business software group may need all its powers of persuasion to ...
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Lowe’s to hire over 50,000 workers, pay $80 million in bonuses
(Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc said on Thursday it would pay employees about $80 million in additional discretionary bonuses and also plans to hire more than 50,000 workers across its U.S. stores in the s...
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German inflation roars back and hits 11-month high in Jan
BERLIN (Reuters) - German annual consumer prices turned positive and rose by far more than expected in January, the Federal Statistics Office said on Thursday, attributing a rise in sales tax and the ...
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Facebook oversight board overrules company on most cases in first test
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Deciding its first cases, Facebook Inc's oversight board ruled on Thursday that the social media company was wrong to remove four of five pieces of content the board...
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Cryptocurrency crime drops in 2020 but ‘DeFi’ breaches rise, study finds
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks, and fraud fell 57% last year to $1.9 billion, as market participants boosted security systems, but crime in th...
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Ministers upbeat about OECD tax deal with new U.S. administration
PARIS (Reuters) - An agreement on rewriting outdated rules for international taxation is within grasp this year as the new U.S. administration of President Joe Biden is more open to a deal, finance mi...
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Asia’s ‘ant’ and ‘moth’ investors test broker nerves
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's retail investors, emboldened by the meteoric rise of U.S. videogame retailer GameStop, are taking on short sellers and making their brokers nervous enough...
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Aramco will launch further share sales, says Saudi crown prince
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, on Thursday said that oil giant Saudi Aramco will hold further share sales. He was speaking at the king...
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