LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported on Saturday that 14,556,827 people had received the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, putting the country on course to meet its target of reaching the most vulnerable and top priority groups by Monday. The number of new cases fell to 13,308, down from 15,144 the day...
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(Reuters) - Tesla Inc will set up an electric car manufacturing unit in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, CNBC TV 18 reported on Saturday, citing Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa. Last month the company incorporated Tesla Motors India and Energy Private Limited with its registered office in the southern city of Bengaluru, a hub for several global technology companies. ...
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LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - An error by Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson helped Leicester come from behind to earn a 3-1 win on Saturday, with the champions losing three successive Premier League games for the first time since November 2014, when they were managed by Brendan Rodgers. Liverpool were again forced into a defensive reshuffle...
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler Trucks, which is being spun off by its parent group later this year, should invest much of a 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion) fund for cleaner technologies in Germany, works council chief Michael Brecht said on Saturday. Daimler announced the fund on Feb. 3 alongside plans to spin off the world's largest truck and bus maker, as it...
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By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - Vivendi (PA:VIV) said on Saturday it planned to distribute 60% of Universal Music's capital to investors, subject to shareholder approval, and aimed to list its most-prized asset, home to singers such as Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, by the end of the year. The plan to list Universal represents part of a process...
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By Michelle Nichols and Stephanie van den Berg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Parties to the International Criminal Court on Friday elected Britain's Karim Khan as the new prosecutor for a nine-year term starting on June 16. Khan won a secret ballot against three other candidates to replace lead prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. The 123-member Hague-based court, which began work nearly 20 years...
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Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Energy and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.16%. The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were Aphria Inc (TSX:APHA), which rose 7.68% or 1.640 points to trade at 23.000 at the...
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By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com – The S&P 500 racked up gains into the close to end at a record high Friday, on a rebound in cyclicals like energy and financials from weakness a day earlier and gains in tech ahead of the three-day weekend in the U.S. The S&P 500 was up 0.49% to close at record 3,935.35. The Dow Jones Industrial...
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By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) - When McDonald's Corp (NYSE:MCD) rolls out its new crispy chicken sandwich line on Feb. 24, it will swap out a higher-priced premium chicken sandwich from its menu, the company confirmed to Reuters. McDonald's three new sandwiches – all with a larger fillet and new potato...
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(Reuters) - Big tech companies including Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc, Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) Inc and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) are complaining to U.S. antitrust regulators about Nvidia Corp's agreement to acquire Arm Ltd, Bloomberg News reported https://bloom.bg/3aXoiW1 on Friday. Nvidia struck a deal with Japan's SoftBank Group in September to buy Arm. ...
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