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By Doyinsola Oladipo and David Shepardson NEWARK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration will send investigative letters to airlines that did not comply with required flight cuts at 40 major airports prompted by air traffic control safety concerns during the government shutdown, the agency said on Monday. “We will be sending out letters of investigation to …

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(Reuters) -U.S. companies borrowed 5.7% more to finance equipment purchases in October than a year earlier, showing little impact from the recent government shutdown, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association said on Monday. New loans, leases and lines of credit signed up by companies in October was $10.5 billion on a seasonaly adjusted basis, same …

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(Reuters) -A coalition of 25 state attorneys general on Monday wrote to Shopify requesting the platform pull its hosting services from websites selling vapes illegally, according to a letter from California’s Attorney General’s Office.  The letter, also signed by state attorney general offices such as those in Illinois and Arizona, as well as state and …

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(Reuters) -Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic unveiled an upgraded Opus model on Monday, boosting Claude’s ability to write detailed code, create sophisticated agents and streamline enterprise workflows through spreadsheet and financial analysis. The new model comes as Amazon and Alphabet-backed Anthropic races against OpenAI and other rivals to develop cutting-edge large language models aimed at achieving …

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By Kritika Lamba (Reuters) -Dating app Grindr said on Monday it has ended talks on a $3.46 billion take-private deal by its two largest shareholders, citing uncertainty over the deal’s financing. Shares of the company were down about 12% after a special committee said investors Ray Zage and James Lu, who together control more than …

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By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will shed about 317,000 employees this year, its human resources chief said in a statement late Friday.  That figure is higher than the estimate of 300,000 that Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor gave earlier this year. Kupor provided the new figure in a blog post.  …

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(Removes bad link, and extra word in paragraph 7) By Timour Azhari and Maha El Dahan RIYADH -Saudi Arabia plans to open two new alcohol stores, including one serving non-Muslim, foreign staff at state oil giant Aramco, as the kingdom further eases restrictions, according to people briefed on the plans.  The launch of outlets in …

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