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SoftBank builds $1.2 billion Amazon stake; invests in Netflix, Tesla
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp has built a stake worth around $1.2 billion in e-commerce firm Amazon , regulatory filings showed on Monday, as the tech conglomerate expands its in...
Aug 17, 2020
BA jumbo heads to scrapheap as 747 fleet retirement starts
LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways said the retirement of its jumbo jet fleet will start on Tuesday when the first of its 31 remaining Boeing 747s takes off from Heathrow and heads to Spain to be scra...
Aug 17, 2020
Lowe’s seen gaining on Home Depot in lockdown DIY boom
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - Lowe's Co Inc is expected to edge past rival Home Depot with what could be its biggest growth in quarterly same-store sales in at least a decade, benefiting from its ...
Aug 17, 2020
Trump says may hold memorial service for brother at White House on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday he was looking at having a memorial service for his late brother, Robert Trump, on Friday at the White House. Robert Trump, 71, died on Sat...
Aug 17, 2020
Mexican president volunteers to try Russian coronavirus vaccine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would volunteer to be among the first to try a Russian vaccine for the novel coronavirus if it proved effective....
Aug 17, 2020
U.S. homebuilder confidence matches record high
(Reuters) - U.S. home builder confidence rose for a third straight month in August to match a record high as record-low interest rates spur a surge in customer traffic, especially in suburban markets ...
Aug 17, 2020
Apple’s ‘extreme’ app policies give Google defense in Fortnite antitrust suit
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has a better chance than Apple Inc at defeating Fortnite video game maker Epic Games in court over its allegations the two companies br...
Aug 17, 2020
On eve of Hariri verdict, Lebanese grapple with new ordeal
By Tom Perry and Ghaida Ghantous BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 15 years since Lebanon's Rafik al-Hariri was killed by a massive bomb blast in Beirut, the verdict of a U.N.-backed tribunal into his assa...
Aug 17, 2020
Lights, camera, not much action: Hollywood slow to restart in a pandemic
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As home-bound audiences eagerly await new programming during the coronavirus pandemic, Hollywood has been slow to get cameras rolling again, even with quaranti...
Aug 17, 2020
Trump weighs Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil drilling in Alaska
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration was considering whether to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a 19 million acre (7.7 m...
Aug 17, 2020
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