By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s economy posted an unexpectedly large job gain in November, driving the jobless rate down and hours worked up to pre-pandemic levels, data showed on Friday, but economists say it is unlikely to change the Bank of Canada’s guidance amid worries over a new coronavirus variant. The Canadian economy …
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By Rachel Armstrong LONDON (Reuters) – Volumes on PayPal Inc’s ‘buy now, pay later’ platform were five times higher this Black Friday compared with a year earlier as the payments giant starts to gain traction in the fast-growing credit method, the company’s chief executive told the Reuters Next conference. PayPal launched its “Buy in 4” …
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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – India opener Mayank Agarwal hit a gritty hundred to rescue the hosts after New Zealand left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel had put them in a spot of bother with three quick wickets on the weather-hit first day of the second and final test on Friday. Agarwal remained unbeaten on 120 …
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(Reuters) – American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) said on Friday it would merge with a blank-check firm backed by Apollo Global Management Inc to go public in a deal valued at around $5.3 billion. The deal with Apollo Strategic Growth Capital (ASGC) will deliver gross proceeds of up to $1.2 billion, including a $335 …
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By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s energy regulator said on Friday it was launching a review into networks’ response to Storm Arwen which left tens of thousands of people without power last week due to strong winds across many parts of the country. Regulator Ofgem said 10,500 homes are still without power in parts …
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(Refiles headline to fix variant spelling) GABORONE (Reuters) -Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi said some of the four diplomats who first tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant in the country had come from Europe, calling for a reversal of widespread travel bans imposed against southern African countries. Omicron, dubbed a variant of concern by the …
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By Kanishka Singh and Susan Heavey (Reuters) – New York has confirmed five cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, its governor said on Thursday, bringing to five the number of U.S. states having detected the variant, with 10 reported infections nationwide. California, Colorado and Minnesota have found cases of the coronavirus variant among patients who …
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By Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) -Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics’ governing body who was convicted of corruption last year, died at home in Senegal on Friday at the age of 88, his son said. Diack led the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1999 to 2015, making him one of the …
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By Paresh Dave (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Thursday it is indefinitely pushing back its January return-to-office plan globally amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and some resistance to company-mandated vaccinations. Google in August had said it would expect workers to come in about three days a week from …
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COTONOU (Reuters) -Two soldiers were killed and several more wounded when Islamist militants attacked a border security post in northern Benin on Wednesday night, the army said. The raid in Porga region was the second in Benin this week. Islamist militants attacked an army patrol in the department of Alibori on Tuesday morning, army chief …
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