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Top 5 Things to Watch in Markets in the Week Ahead By Investing.com

By Noreen Burke Investing.com -- Politics will continue to dominate the headlines in the week ahead amid calls for President Donald Trump’s removal from office after he encouraged a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol. But investors will likely be focusing more on the prospects for a bigger stimulus package after Friday’s employment report showed the U.S. economy shed jobs...

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Scarce doses and empty vaccination centres: Germany’s vaccine rollout headache By Reuters

By Caroline Copley and Annkathrin Weis BERLIN/DILLENBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Proud of their national reputation for efficiency, Germans are growing increasingly frustrated by the slow rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine its scientists helped develop. Scarce vaccine supply, cumbersome paperwork, a lack of healthcare staff and an aged and immobile population are hampering efforts to get early doses of a vaccine made by...

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Apple suspends Parler social network from its App Store By Reuters

(Reuters) - Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) has suspended Parler from the App Store, saying the social networking service had not taken adequate measures to prevent the spread of posts inciting violence. Apple had given the service 24 hours to submit a detailed moderation plan, pointing to participants using the service to coordinate Wednesday's siege of the U.S. Capitol. "We have suspended Parler from...

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Scotland’s seafood exporters dealt new post-Brexit blow By Reuters

By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - The post-Brexit woes facing Scotland's fishing industry deepened on Saturday as its biggest logistics provider, DFDS Scotland, said it would halt exports to the European Union through one of its main services until at least Wednesday. Previously the company had said it would take until Monday to resume its "groupage" export service - which allows exporters...

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Northern Ireland-Britain supply chain at risk of collapse, hauliers warn By Reuters

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The supply chain between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom is a "boat breakdown" away from collapse as a result of the post-Brexit regulatory border, the UK's Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned the British government. In a letter sent to Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove seen by Reuters, the RHA said some sectors are "struggling...

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UK’s Barratt benefits as housing market rises from COVID-19 lows By Reuters

By Yadarisa Shabong and Priyanshi Mandhan (Reuters) - Britain's biggest housebuilder Barratt Developments (LON:BDEV) raised its annual volume forecast on Friday and said it could resume dividend payments next month, after a rebound in demand from COVID-19 disruption drove a solid first-half performance. Shares in the FTSE 100 company, which operates...

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