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July 12, 2021 ROME (Reuters) – An Italian court has annulled a fine of 228 million euros ($271 million) slapped on Italy’s top four phone operators last year over a breach of competition rules for collectively agreeing to raise their prices. Italy’s competition watchdog had claimed Telecom Italia, Vodafone, CK Hutchison’s unit Wind Tre and […]
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July 12, 2021 By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive missed its own deadline to sign off on billions of euros in economic recovery aid to Hungary, delaying its decision in an attempt to win rule-of-law concessions from Budapest. Hungary is set to receive 7.2 billion euros in EU stimulus funds meant […]
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July 12, 2021 By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices slipped on Monday as concerns about slowing global growth outweighed the prospect of tightening supply after talks among key producers to raise output in coming months stalled. Brent crude for September fell 89 cents, or 1.2%, to $74.66 a barrel by 1410 GMT. U.S. West […]
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Local militias deployed to protect communities from looters Widespread violence, rioting and looting broke out across South Africa over the weekend, following the sentencing of former President Jacob Zuma on corruption charges. Police were seen participating in looting. The Army has been deployed and is firing on rioters with live ammo. Looting: Alex JHB. pic.twitter.com/yooZ1XXywU […]
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July 12, 2021 By Tom Hals and Sierra Jackson WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – Elon Musk is expected to take the stand on Monday to defend Tesla Inc’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity against a lawsuit by shareholders seeking to recoup the $2.6 billion the company paid for the ailing solar panel maker. His testimony will kick […]
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July 12, 2021 By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Glitches in a new system used to manage the U.S. Justice Department’s $4.7 billion grant program are causing delays in funding programs from victim services to criminal justice research, say more than a dozen staffers and grant recipients. The problems with the system, known as […]
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July 12, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank’s meeting next week will see decision makers discuss a new forward guidance on the direction of its policy following the bank’s shift to a more symmetrical 2% inflation target. “Next week we will discuss new forward guidance that includes new definition of price stability,” ECB […]
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Their mission, should they choose to accept it, is simple: graze. Goats are an unlikely but increasingly popular weapon in California’s fight against the wildfires that rage through the western U.S. state…
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