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Turkish lira plunges after Erdogan sacks hawkish cenbank chief By Reuters

By Ebru Tuncay and Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's lira plunged 16% to near its all-time low as markets opened after President Tayyip Erdogan made the shock weekend decision to oust a hawkish central bank governor and install a like-minded critic of high interest rates. The appointment of Sahap Kavcioglu, a former banker and ruling party lawmaker, in the early...

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EU rebuffs UK calls to ship AstraZeneca COVID vaccines from Europe By Reuters

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is rebuffing British government calls to ship AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) COVID-19 vaccines produced in a factory in the Netherlands, an EU official said on Sunday. Former EU member Britain has so far administered many more vaccines than EU countries in proportion to the population. "The Brits are insisting that the Halix plant in the...

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ironSource to go public through $11.1 billion merger with Thoma Bravo-backed SPAC By Reuters

(Reuters) - Advertising technology firm ironSource agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check company backed by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, at an implied pro forma equity value of about $11.1 billion, the companies said in a statement on Sunday. The deal with Thoma Bravo Advantage, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), is expected to provide ironSource up...

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Rashford, soccer’s champion of children, kicks down Downing Street door in new mural By Reuters

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, who has influenced British government policy on food parcels for poor children, is seen kicking down Prime Minister Boris Johnson's front door in a new mural that appeared on Sunday. The black-and-white mural by an unknown artist was found on a wall covered in...

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BoE governor wants UK bill to make Google tackle online scams – Sunday Times By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has been lobbying the British government to introduce a legal requirement for internet giants such as Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) to take down financial fraud websites, according to a report in the Sunday Times. The report said Bailey had been lobbying Home Secretary Priti Patel, the interior minister, about the issue, asking for the measure...

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UK must avoid importing vaccine-resistant variants at all costs, minister says By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must preserve the gains of its COVID-19 vaccination campaign at all costs and avoid a situation where people would return from foreign holidays bringing vaccine-resistant variants with them, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Sunday. Under its four-stage roadmap to easing restrictions, the government has said that foreign travel would be allowed to resume from May 17 at...

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Cathie Wood’s Ark expects Tesla stock to reach $3000 by 2025 By Reuters

(Reuters) - Cathie Wood's Ark Invest said it expects Tesla Inc's share price to reach the $3,000 mark by 2025. Ark expects Tesla's market capitalization to reach as high as $4 trillion in the best-case scenario, according to a research note published https://ark-invest.com/articles/analyst-research/tesla-price-target-2/?utm_content=158811501&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2398137084 on Friday. The investment management firm set the price target for Tesla at $1,500 per share on a bear...

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Britain says 26.85 million people have had first shot of vaccine By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Saturday that 26.85 million people had received a first dose of coronavirus vaccine, in line an earlier announcement that more than half the country's adults had now had one shot. Official data showed that 96 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19, compared with 101 deaths recorded the previous day. There...

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