The country’s largest online broker, CommSec, is yet to pay refunds to traders affected by the ASX’s five-week service outage last year despite receiving money from the exchange to compensate out-of-pocket derivatives traders. The ASX’s key service for derivatives trading, TMC, was out-of-action for five weeks late last year after the entire exchange crashed for a full-day in November. Derivatives […]
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FILE PHOTO: Microsoft President Brad Smith listens during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. February 23, 2021. Demetrius Freeman/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A House Judiciary panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses on Friday who represent a range of news organizations with concerns about how big tech platforms like Facebook […]
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Gravediggers wear protective suits as they work during the burial of Tereza Santos who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Carla CarnielSAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil registered 1,972 new COVID-19 deaths in a single day on Tuesday, a record, according to the Health Ministry. The country had 70,764 new […]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vanita Gupta, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Justice Department’s No. 3 post, expressed regret on Tuesday for her past “harsh rhetoric” and said she does not favor cutting police funding, as she faced sharp Republican criticism during her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing.FILE PHOTO: Vanita Gupta, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be associate attorney general, speaks […]
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FILE PHOTO: CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk reacts following the company’s initial public offering at the NASDAQ market in New York June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo(Reuters) – Shares of Tesla surged 20% on Tuesday, rebounding from a deep selloff and on track for its largest one-day gain in nearly eight years after data showed an increase in China […]
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FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference at Rideau Cottage, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Blair GableOTTAWA (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson has told Canada many times it is having challenges making its COVID-19 vaccine, which Ottawa approved only last week, […]
Read more(Reuters) – Greensill Capital’s talks to sell parts of its business to annuities provider Athene Holding Ltd have paused, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing people with knowledge of the matter. The talks between Athene, which agreed to merge with Apollo Global Management Inc on Monday, and Greensill have been stalled by a breakdown in discussions with a front-end technology […]
Read more(Reuters) – Fertility testing company turned COVID-19 specialist NanoRepro NN6G.DE, which has been a recent darling of German retail investors, has seen a sudden emergence in short selling activity after a dramatic share price surge. Shares in the Marburg-based company have climbed around 4,000% at its peak this month from early March last year when it first added a coronavirus […]
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(Reuters) – Chevron Corp said on Tuesday it would keep project spending muted at around $14 billion through mid-decade and raised its climate goals, even as it took a different tack from major rivals by keeping its oil and gas production growing.FILE PHOTO: A Chevron gas station sign is seen in Del Mar, California, April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Mike BlakeFalling energy […]
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