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Pot company Aurora Cannabis plans layoffs, closing five facilities
(Reuters) - Aurora Cannabis said on Tuesday it will lay off a big part of its workforce and plans to shut five facilities over the next two quarters, as the cash-crunched cannabis industry finds itsel...
Jun 23, 2020
Brazil beef exporter, British pork plant halt China shipments over virus
(Reuters) - China, the world's top meat importer, said on Tuesday a Brazilian beef exporter and a pork plant in Britain had voluntarily suspended exports because of coronavirus infections. Many meat e...
Jun 23, 2020
French restaurant settles with Axa in tussle over lockdown losses
PARIS (Reuters) - A French restaurant owner who won a court battle with Axa over lockdown-linked losses said on Tuesday he had reached a further settlement with the insurer, potentially setting the to...
Jun 23, 2020
Italy PM to meet ministers in bid to resolve Atlantia concession row: sources
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has called an urgent meeting with the economy and transport ministers later on Tuesday as he pushes for a solution to the much-delayed row over t...
Jun 23, 2020
LME to consider floor reopening after easing of UK lockdown
LONDON (Reuters) - The London Metal Exchange (LME) will examine whether the easing of social distancing restrictions in Britain from July 4 will apply to its shuttered open-outcry floor, its chief exe...
Jun 23, 2020
Disney+ to debut in eight more countries in Europe
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday it would launch Disney+ in eight more countries in Europe, as millions of people stuck at home due to coronavirus-induced restrictions turn to streaming serv...
Jun 23, 2020
Fed isn’t fueling U.S. inequality, Daly says
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Tuesday defended the U.S. central bank from criticism that its easy monetary policy and emergency lending programs are do...
Jun 23, 2020
Czech parliament gives initial nod to raising 2020 budget gap to 9% of GDP
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The lower house of Czech parliament approved raising the 2020 central state budget deficit to record 500 billion crowns ($21.21 billion) in the first out of three readings on Tuesda...
Jun 23, 2020
Putin proposes hiking income tax to 15% for wealthy Russians from January
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday proposed changing the annual rate of income tax from 13% to 15% for wealthy citizens on their earnings above 5 million roubles ($72,833) ...
Jun 23, 2020
Damages verdict against Johnson & Johnson lowered to $2.1 billion in Missouri talc case
(Reuters) - A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday reduced a damages award against Johnson & Johnson to about $2.12 billion from $4.69 billion in a case brought by 22 women who blamed their ovarian cance...
Jun 23, 2020
