Bank of America profit more than doubles on reserve release boost
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3 years ago By Vannessa — Bank of America Corp reported a jump in first-quarter profit that breezed past estimates on Thursday as it released reserves it had set aside to cover pote
German economy shrank 1.8% in first quarter due to COVID lockdown - institutes
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3 years ago By Vannessa — The German economy probably shrank by 1.8% on the quarter in the first three months of this year due to COVID-19 restrictions, leading economic institutes
Thailand reports fourth record daily rise in coronavirus cases this week
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3 years ago By Vannessa — Thailand reported 1,543 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the sharpest increase since the start of the pandemic and the fourth record rise this week, amid
Televisa Univision venture aims for global Spanish streaming service
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3 years ago By Vannessa — Television Univision, a newly formed Spanish media venture, will launch its planned streaming platform in the United States and Mexico next year before exp
Explosives-laden drone targets U.S. forces at Iraq's Erbil airport -Kurdish officials
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3 years ago By Vannessa — A drone dropped explosives near U.S. forces stationed at Erbil airport in northern Iraq late on Wednesday, Kurdish officials said, with no immediate report
Erdogan's new dove: Five questions for Turkey's central bank
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3 years ago By Vannessa — Turkey's fourth central bank chief in less than two years will oversee his first policy decision on Thursday, after President Tayyip Erdogan rocked financi
New York lawmakers threaten Biden's infrastructure tax hikes without local tax break
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3 years ago By Vannessa — Seventeen New York state Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday said they will not support proposed tax increases to pay for President Joe Biden's infrastructure
Bank of England's outspoken, inflation-wary chief economist to quit
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3 years ago By Vannessa — Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane, who has sounded the only notes of alarm about inflation among the central bank's top policymakers, will leave
Explainer: How worried should we be about blood clots linked to AstraZeneca and J&J vaccines?
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3 years ago By Vannessa — U.S. regulators have recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, as they investigate rare blood clotting in six women.
Texas oil pipelines face dry months as production languishes
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3 years ago By Vannessa — Nearly half of all oil pipelines from the Permian basin, the biggest U.S. oilfield, are expected to be empty by the end of the year, analysts and executive