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Amazon Backs Biden’s Infrastructure Plan, Supports Tax Hikes By Investing.com

By Yasin Ebrahim Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) on Tuesday threw its weight behind President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, and the e-commerce giant appears willing to suffer the proposed tax hike to fund the package, saying it was "right time" to make it happen. Biden last week revealed his $2 trillion plan to rebuild America's roads, bridges, railways and other infrastructure, calling it a “once-in-a-generation" investment....

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Glencore’s KCC mine in Congo had acid spill on March 16 By Reuters

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Glencore (LON:GLEN)'s Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) mine in the Congo had a "limited release" of sulphuric acid from a tank during maintenance work on March 16, the commodities trading giant said on Tuesday. Glencore declined to say how much acid was spilled from the tank, but said KCC immediately contained the spill and conducted follow-up monitoring of...

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Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues’ firings – Bloomberg By Reuters

(Reuters) - Google research manager Samy Bengio is resigning in the wake of the firings of two colleagues who had questioned paper review and diversity practices at the Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc unit, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing an internal memo. Though at least two Google engineers had earlier resigned in protest of Gebru's firing, Bengio is the highest-profile departure yet. Google and...

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Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.50% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Clean Technology and IT sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite added 0.50% to hit a new all time high. The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were OceanaGold Corporation (TSX:OGC), which rose 7.37% or 0.140 points...

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Comic: Europe’s Second Easter Lockdown By Investing.com

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- Europe spent its second straight Easter almost completely locked down last weekend, celebrating the feast that most symbolizes the triumph of life over death in a profoundly subdued mood. However, look close enough, and there are signs that the worst may soon be over for the continent. Infection curves, which had shot up in February and March as...

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French prosecutors appeal for higher fines in weight-loss drug case By Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - French prosecutors said on Tuesday they were seeking higher fines in a partial appeal lodged against a Paris court's ruling on drugmaker Servier over its weight-loss pill Mediator. A Paris court last week found Servier guilty of manslaughter and deception and imposed a fine of 2.7 million euros ($3.2 million) on the company. The prosecutors' office said in a...

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Net zero transition topped agenda in G7 talks on Tuesday, UK says By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Top economic policymakers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised countries talked on Tuesday about how they will reform their economies to achieve their net zero emissions targets, this year's chair, Britain, said. "Finance ministers and central bank governors discussed the key roles of their ministries and central banks in the transition to net zero, and how climate policies...

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