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Venture investor Kevin Hartz targets tech founders with blank-check firm
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Blank-check acquisition company one , backed by ticketing site Eventbrite Inc founder Kevin Hartz, has started its search for a tech firm to merge with, as it made its stock ...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020
'Worst-case' UK winter could see 120,000 COVID deaths in second wave
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Britain faces a potentially more deadly second wave of COVID-19 in the coming winter that could kill up to 120,000 people over nine months in a worst-case scenario, ...
Syndicated Content Jul 13, 2020
Thai minister says clampdown won't stop as Facebook plans to fight order
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's digital minister vowed no relent on Wednesday in a crackdown on social media content deemed illegal and said it was unlikely Facebook would fo...
Syndicated Content Aug 26, 2020
Google removes misleading ads in voting-related searches
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday that it had removed search ads that charged users searching for voting information large fees for voter registration or harveste...
Syndicated Content Jun 30, 2020
Los Angeles natural gas plant has been leaking methane for years
By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles-area natural gas plant has leaked planet-warming methane gas for years but work to fix the problem tracked by NASA has been delayed until Novembe...
Syndicated Content Aug 27, 2020
Global consumer confidence plunged in second quarter, rebound likely sluggish: Conference Board
(Reuters) - Global consumer confidence registered a record drop from April through June as the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic registered in full, and the outlook is dim for a quick reb...
Syndicated Content Jul 15, 2020
Japan says concerns over Hong Kong growing, after activist Agnes Chow arrested
By Linda Sieg and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister said on Thursday the arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow and media tycoon Jimmy Lai raised questions ov...
Syndicated Content Aug 13, 2020
As White House pushes 'skinny' COVID-19 bill, Democrat sees September action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday pushed for Congress to take up a narrow coronavirus economic relief bill that Democrats have long rejected, while a leading Senate Democrat said rea...
Syndicated Content Aug 19, 2020
Charlie Hebdo re-runs Prophet Mohammad cartoons to mark attack trial
PARIS (Reuters) - French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is republishing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad which unleashed a wave of anger in the Muslim world to mark the start of the trial of alle...
Syndicated Content Sep 01, 2020
Singapore PM warns against turn inwards as anxiety over foreigners grows
By Aradhana Aravindan and John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore must remain open to overseas talent even as it tightens immigration curbs to preserve local jobs, its prime minister said on Wedne...
Syndicated Content Sep 02, 2020
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