By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Online travel agency Booking Holdings will on Friday try to convince European Union antitrust regulators to allow its 1.63 billion euro ($1.8 billion) acquis[...]
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Dollar eases after strong labor market reports
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar eased after a brief rebound on Thursday as data showing the U.S. labor market remains strong increased chances the Federal Reserve will raise interest ra[...]
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Oil near flat as tighter supplies offset U.S. rate hike risk
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices were near flat on Thursday as the market weighed tighter U.S. crude supplies with the higher likelihood of a U.S. interest rate hike that could dent e[...]
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Amazon’s iRobot deal in EU antitrust crosshairs
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot may reduce competition and strengthen Amazon’s position as online marketplace pro[...]
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AI robots could play future role as companions in care homes
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Nadine, a social robot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) with human-like gestures and expressions, could have an important future role to play in tending t[...]
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European shares hit 14-week low on rate hike jitters
By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) -European shares slumped to their lowest level in three months on Thursday, as heightened concerns about further interest rate hikes globally dented risk sentiment, while[...]
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Stellantis reaches preliminary deal for rare earth minerals with NioCorp
(Reuters) – Automaker Stellantis N.V. and Canada-based miner NioCorp Developments Ltd on Thursday signed an offtake term sheet with the objective of establishing a supply deal for rare earth min[...]
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What is Threads? Is Twitter in danger?
LONDON (Reuters) – Meta, the company behind social media giants Facebook and Instagram, has launched its new microblogging platform Threads. WHAT IS THREADS? The new app bears a striking resembl[...]
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Generali buys U.S. asset manager Conning under deal with Cathay Life
MILAN (Reuters) – Generali has agreed to buy Connecticut-based asset manager Conning Holdings as part of a partnership with Cathay Life, a unit of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holding, the It[...]
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