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UK government set for leading role in insuring live entertainment

The British government is expected to announce an insurance scheme in the coming weeks for live events, including festivals, theatre…

4 years ago

Bank stocks set Dow for higher open ahead of consumer confidence data

The blue-chip Dow index was set to open higher on Tuesday, as shares of big U.S. banks rose, while investors…

4 years ago

EXCLUSIVE SoftBank leads new funding round in Gympass, valuing startup at $2.2 bln

Gympass, which makes gym memberships more accessible for corporate employees, has raised $220 million in a funding round led by…

4 years ago

Musk set to tout Starlink progress as cost, demand hurdles linger

Don Joyce, a Nokia director working from home at a remote lake cottage in Canada, recently abandoned his painfully slow…

4 years ago

Uber to let office staff work up to half their time from anywhere -source

Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) will let employees work half their hours from wherever they want as part of its revamped…

4 years ago

Dollar bides time below two-month highs before payrolls test

The dollar hovered below a two-month high versus major counterparts on Tuesday, with traders largely sidelined ahead of a closely…

4 years ago

Pandemic boom drives UK house prices up by most since 2004

British house prices jumped by the most in more than 16 years this month, soaring by 13.4% from June 2020,…

4 years ago

Asian shares pressured by fears over Delta virus variant, U.S. data in focus

Asian shares edged lower on Tuesday on concerns new coronavirus outbreaks in the region could undercut an economic recovery even…

4 years ago

Japan’s retail sales rise for 3rd month, but overall trend still soft

Japanese retail sales beat expectations in May as households loosened their purse strings, but underlying trends in consumption remain hostage…

4 years ago

Wall Street banks hike shareholder payouts after Fed gives the green light

Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo said on Monday they were hiking their capital payouts…

4 years ago