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Banksy NHS tribute sells for record $20 million at auction By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - A Banksy painting showing a young boy playing with a toy nurse as a superhero rather than Batman or Spider-Man sold for more than $20 million on Tuesday, setting an auction record for the elusive British street artist. "Game Changer", which was unveiled last May at University Hospital Southampton, paid tribute to the frontline workers of Britain's National Health...

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UK government moves to compel Northern Ireland to expand abortion services By Reuters

By Reuters Staff LONDON (Reuters) - The British government published legislation on Tuesday to hand it powers to compel Northern Ireland to implement more liberal abortion services, despite opposition from the region's first minister and health minister. Britain's parliament voted in 2019 to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland, allowing terminations without restriction up to 12 weeks and with no time limit...

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Snowflake Rises After UBS Says Buy, Citing Growth Prospects By Investing.com

By Dhirendra Tripathi Investing.com – Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) shares rose 2.5% in Tuesday’s trade following a buy rating from UBS that pegged their target price at $275. UBS (NYSE:UBS) has initiated coverage of the stock with a target that’s 22% higher than its current levels. StreetInsider quoted UBS analyst Karl Keirstead as saying that they spoke with 12 Snowflake customers to sharpen their view...

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Prince Harry to be chief impact officer at mental health firm BetterUp By Reuters

(Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry will become the first chief impact officer of BetterUp Inc, a San Francisco-based firm that provides employee coaching and mental health assistance, the company said on Tuesday. The move comes about a month after Buckingham Palace announced Harry, Queen Elizabeth's grandson, and his American wife Meghan had made a final split with the royal family, and would...

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GameStop Falls As One More Senior Exec Decides To Leave By Investing.com

By Dhirendra Tripathi Investing.com – GameStop (NYSE:GME) shares, a favorite of Robinhood traders, fell more than 4% in Tuesday’s trade on news that another senior executive was ready to leave the company. March 31 will be the last day for the brick-and-mortar retailer’s chief customer officer Frank Hamlin. The company’s chief financial officer Jim Bell earlier announced plans to step down. The exits...

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Norway blocks Rolls-Royce’s plan to sell engine maker to Russia By Reuters

By Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will block Rolls-Royce (LON:RR) from selling a Norwegian maritime engine maker to a Russian company on national security grounds, its justice minister told parliament on Tuesday. Based on Norway's west coast, and owned by Britain's Rolls-Royce for more than 20 years, Bergen Engines supplies NATO member Norway's navy as well as the global shipping industry....

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Kingswood Acquisition SPAC to reportedly buy UK’s Lombard By Investing.com

By Samuel Indyk Investing.com – Kingswood Acquisition Corp (NYSE:KWAC_u), a US-listed blank cheque company, has reportedly signed a letter of intent to acquire UK wealth management company Lombard, according to Sky News. The deal would be one of the first involving a US-listed Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) and a UK financial services company. About Kingswood Kingswood Acquisition is sponsored by...

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ECB expects bank supervision costs to rise 11% this year By Reuters

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is charging banks on its watch 514.3 million euros for supervising them last year and expects its costs to rise by 11% this year, its annual report showed on Tuesday. The ECB spent less on business travel and consultants in pandemic-ravaged 2020 but its other costs, including for headcount, increased, leaving its total expenditure for...

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