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Big pharma, big data: why drugmakers want your health records

FILE PHOTO: A surgery nurse is seen beside the heart beat monitor in the operating theatre of the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB) hospital in Berlin, Germany February 29, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch /File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Drugmakers are racing to scoo... More »

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Life expectancy in England and Wales shortens: research

FILE PHOTO: An elderly man walks in a park in London. LONDON (Reuters) – Life expectancy for people in England and Wales aged 65 at the beginning of 2018 has shortened by two months compared with a year earlier, research showed on Thursday. This was the same a... More »

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Moon to get first mobile phone network

A visitor walks past a mobile mast with an Audi lunar exploration vehicle, a simulation of a Vodafone project to install a 4G mobile phone network on the moon in 2019, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman ... More »

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Pesticides put bees at risk, European watchdog confirms

A bee is seen on a flower in a forest near the village of Berezhok, north of Minsk, July 23, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko LONDON (Reuters) – Wild bees and honeybees are put at risk by three pesticides from a group known as neonicotinoids, Europe’s food safet... More »

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British police sift through rubble at scene of fatal blast

Members of the emergency services work at the site of an explosion which destroyed a convenience store and a home in Leicester, Britain, February 25, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Staples LEICESTER, England (Reuters) – British police searched for survivors on Monday in... More »

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France’s Macron tells Erdogan Syria truce also applies to Afrin

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a news conference during European Union leaders informal summit in Brussels, Belgium, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday told his Turkish counterpar... More »

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Motor racing: Toro Rosso expect trouble-free year with Honda

F1 Formula One – Formula One Test Session – Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, Montmelo, Spain – February 26, 2018 Brendon Hartley of Toro Rosso during testing REUTERS/Albert Gea BARCELONA (Reuters) – Toro Rosso began their new Formula One partnership with Honda ... More »

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Rolling Stones announce first British concerts in five years

Keith Richards and Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones perform during a concert at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, October 12, 2017. TT NEWS AGENCY/Stina Stjernkvist via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Rockers The Rolling Stones announced their first British co... More »

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Boxing: Briton Westgarth dies after heavyweight bout

LONDON (Reuters) – British boxer Scott Westgarth has died after falling ill following a heavyweight bout on Saturday. Westgarth looked uncomfortable as he was interviewed ringside after his points victory over Dec Spelman in Doncaster and was taken to hospital... More »

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Alibaba turns heads as it joins Games sponsorship waltz

FILE PHOTO: A sign of Alibaba Group is seen during the fourth World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, December 3, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – The Olympic movement’s new Chinese global sponsor, e... More »

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Oil steady after hitting three-week top- Saudis to keep output…

FILE PHOTO: A view shows Saudi Aramco’s Abqaiq oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia in this undated handout photo. Saudi Aramco/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Oil steadied around its highest prices in three weeks on Monday, supported by comments from S... More »

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Vodafone’s mobile data to be deployed to fight epidemics in Ghana

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Mobile data will be used in Ghana to track and control epidemics, helping prevent a repeat of the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, in a pioneering program announced by Vodafone Foundation on Monday. The initiative will use aggregated anon... More »

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Olympics: Circus life beckons for some athletes after the Games

Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Closing ceremony – Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium – Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 25, 2018 – Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) – When the Olympic flame... More »

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English pub scraps snail race as cold makes competitors sluggish

LONDON (Reuters) – An English pub has canceled a charity snail race scheduled to take place on Saturday after unseasonably icy weather made potential competitors too slow to compete. “The cold snap has led to a medical problem with our racing snails – it’s cal... More »

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Ed Sheeran searches for new lines in movie ‘Songwriter’

Director, screenwriter, editor and producer Murray Cummings and Ed Sheeran pose during a photocall to promote the movie Songwriter at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters)... More »

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Virtual reality coronation takes dementia patients down memory lane

Daphne Padfield, 93, tries out a specialist virtual reality headset at the Langham Court Dementia Home in Hindhead, Britain February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Matt Stock HINDHEAD, England (Reuters) – For 93-year-old Daphne Padfield, a dementia sufferer in an English ca... More »

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Primitive art: Neanderthals were Europe’s first painters

Neanderthal paintings can be seen in a cave in Pasiega, Spain in this photo obtained February 22, 2018. Univeristy of Southampton/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s oldest known cave paintings were made by Neanderthals, not modern humans, sugge... More »

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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund buys 245 million pounds stake in…

((This Feb. 22 story corrects paragraph 4 to clarify NBIM’s partnership with Crown Estate)) By Noor Zainab Hussain and Esha Vaish (Reuters) – The sovereign wealth fund of Norway bought a 245 million pounds ($342 million) stake in British property group Shaftes... More »

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World’s last remaining wild horses aren’t really wild after all

FILE PHOTO: A herd of endangered Przewalski horses are seen at the Takhin Us National Park in the south-west part of Mongolia, July 16, 2012. Picture taken July 16, 2012. REUTERS/Petr Josek/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It may come as a disappointment to e... More »

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Portrait of Thai royal insult exile sold to help activists

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A portrait of a prominent critic of the Thai monarchy was sold in an online auction for $6,745, which will go into a fund for activists facing legal cases in junta-ruled Thailand, including royal insult cases, a manager for the fund said on... More »

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Cambodia drops pornography charges against nine of 10 foreigners

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A Cambodian court has dropped charges against all but one of a group of 10 foreigners who were charged last month with producing pornography at a party in the tourist town of Siem Reap, the court said on Monday. The 10 were detained on J... More »

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Oil hits highest in nearly two weeks on Asian equity recovery

TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices extended gains to hit their highest level in nearly two weeks on Monday, buoyed as Asian shares joined a global recovery in equity markets and as worries grew over tensions in the Middle East. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said... More »

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For timing of Aramco IPO, watch forward oil price curve

FILE PHOTO: A view shows Saudi Aramco’s Wasit Gas Plant, Saudi Arabia December 8, 2014. Saudi Aramco/Handout/File Photo via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – It’s the burning question in the oil industry: when will Saudi Arabia pull the trigger on the Aramco stock ma... More »

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Refugees’ stories inspire filmmakers at Berlin Film Festival

FILE PHOTO: Ibrahim Al Hussein (L) from Syria and and Qutaiba Nafea from Iraq pose for the photographer ahead of an interview with Reuters about Karim Ainouz’s Berlinale International Film Festival entry movie “Central Airport THF” at historic Tempelhof Airpor... More »

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Film at Berlin fest examines how Islamic State jihadists recruit…

Actors Valene Kane and Shazad Latif pose during a photocall to promote the movie Profile at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke BERLIN (Reuters) – A movie at the Berlin film festival t... More »

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French star Isabelle Huppert glad women are speaking up about…

Actress Isabelle Huppert attends a news conference to promote the movie Eva at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – French actress Isabelle Huppert said on Saturday she wa... More »

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Russian film set in Soviet era highlights continuing tensions:…

Director Alexey German Jr., actresses Helena Sujecka, Elena Lyadova and production designer Yelena Okopnaya pose afte a news conference to promote the movie Dovlatov at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 17, 2018. REUTE... More »

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AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy drug wins key lung cancer approval

FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, central England May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy drug Imfinzi has won crucial approval from U.S. regulators for use in lung cancer, ope... More »

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Britain still thinks Northern Ireland power-share deal possible

Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, greets Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley at Stormont House, in Belfast, Northern Ireland February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne BELFAST (Reuters) – Britain still believes a deal can be done to restore Northern... More »

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Soros lobbies ECB for more euro zone integration, draws criticism

FILE PHOTO: Business magnate George Soros arrives to speak at the Open Russia Club in London, Britain June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Billionaire investor and activist George Soros has met a European Central Bank director... More »

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As mining investors push caution, Glencore differs from rivals

FILE PHOTO: The logo of commodities trader Glencore is pictured in front of the company’s headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, November 20, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo TORONTO/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – As shareholders push the world’s cash-rich miners to ... More »

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UK to push EU for City of London’s favored Brexit plan

FILE PHOTO: A man takes a photograph of the Canary Wharf financial district from Greenwich Park in London, Britain, January 22, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government is ready to push for the kind of Brexit plan for financial servic... More »

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Oil near one-week high on weak dollar, stocks rally

FILE PHOTO – Pump jacks drill for oil in the Monterey Shale, California, U.S. on April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices gained on Friday as the dollar slipped to a three-year low and global stocks headed for their... More »

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White House blames Russia for ‘reckless’ NotPetya cyber attack

A customer waits while a cashier writes out a purchase receipt for store records, as many business have turned off their digital tills after cases of cyber attacks on business, at a store in Kiev, Ukraine, June 28, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich WASHINGTON/LONDON... More »

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Computer-driven hedge funds lose out on volatility spike: HSBC data

LONDON (Reuters) – Performance from computer-driven hedge funds run by industry stalwarts Cantab Capital Partners and Systematica Investments took a hit after market volatility in February, showed data compiled by HSBC. The Cantab Capital Partners Quantitative... More »

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Hedge funds hook shipping stocks grappling for recovery

LONDON (Reuters) – Shipping stocks may still be in the doldrums in the view of many investors, but hedge funds have bet at least $675 million on signs of renewed buoyancy in the industry. Hedge funds made initial forays into shipping stocks in the third quarte... More »

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Male stars at Berlin film festival say #MeToo movement is making…

Jeff Goldblum , Bob Balaban and Bill Murray attend for the opening ceremony of the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) – Male stars attending the Berlin film festival on Thu... More »

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Kremlin rejects U.S. accusation that Russia is behind cyber attack

FILE PICTURE: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday he denies Russia was responsi... More »

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Berlinale film shows refugees’ lives at historic airport

Ibrahim Al Hussein (L) from Syria and and Qutaiba Nafea from Iraq pose for the photographer ahead of an interview with Reuters about Karim Ainouz’s Berlinale International Film Festival entry movie “Central Airport THF” at historic Tempelhof Airport in Berlin,... More »

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Kanye West settles lawsuit over Saint Pablo tour cancellation

Kanye West. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kanye West and Lloyd’s of London [SOLYD.UL] insurers have resolved a $10 million lawsuit over the rapper’s cancellation of his 2016 tour. A California federal court judge on Wednesday dismissed the laws... More »

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U.S. FDA looks to pave way for earlier-stage Alzheimer’s drugs

FILE PHOTO – A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland August 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo (Reuters) – U.S. regulators have proposed lowering the bar for clinical trial success for experimental ... More »

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Startling orangutan population decline recorded in Borneo

FILE PHOTO: An orangutan hold its baby at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island on January 11, 2004. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hunting by people and habitation destruction b... More »

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Designer Westwood stages London fashion fracking protest

FILE PHOTO: Designer Vivienne Westwood poses for a portrait before her catwalk show at London Fashion Week Men’s in London, Britain June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall LONDON (Reuters) – Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood brought models off the catwalk and onto t... More »

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Wes Anderson’s tale of deported dogs opens Berlin film festival

Presenter Anke Engelke during the opening ceremony of the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. director Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs” – a quirky movie about a Japanese... More »

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Female artists strike right note at NME Awards in London

FILE PHOTO – Singer Lorde performs during the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year show honoring Fleetwood Mac at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, New York, U.S., January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly LONDON (Reuters) – Female musical acts took home a slew of... More »

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Oil prices rise 1 percent as stocks markets steady

FILE PHOTO: An offshore oil platform is seen in Huntington Beach, California, U.S., September 28, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose by 1 percent on Monday, recovering at least some of last week’s steep losses as Asia... More »

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Citigroup to invest in London, hire staff despite Brexit: FT

The Citigroup Inc (Citi) logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. Picture taken October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (Reuters) – Wall Street bank Citigroup Inc (C.N) will set up an innovation c... More »

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Scientists grow human eggs to full maturity in a lab

An undated picture shows a magnification of a lab-grown fully matured human egg ready for fertilization. Doctor David Albertini/University of Edinburgh/Handout via REUTERS LONDON, (Reuters) – Scientists have succeeded for the first time in growing human eggs i... More »

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‘Rarest white diamond ever’ to be sold in London

An assistant holds a 102.34 carat white diamond at Sotheby’s auction house in London, Britain February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – A flawless diamond, the size of a large strawberry, is expected to fetch a world record price when it comes ... More »

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Ancient Briton had dark skin and blue eyes, scientists find

LONDON (Reuters) – “Cheddar Man”, Britain’s oldest, nearly complete human skeleton, had dark skin, blue eyes and dark curly hair when he lived in what is now southwest England 10,000 years ago, scientists who read his DNA have discovered. The finding suggests ... More »

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Germany wants to develop ESM into EU monetary fund: coalition…

BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) want to develop the euro zone’s bailout fund into a full-blown European Monetary Fund, a blueprint of their coalition agreement seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday. The ... More »

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China’s terracotta warriors march to Liverpool museum

A Terracotta Warrior which guarded the tomb of China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, on loan from China is displayed in The World Museum, Liverpool, Britain February 6, 2017.REUTERS/Andrew Yates LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – Figures from China’s famed Terraco... More »

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Inflation threat deepens European equity sell-off

The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Staff/Remote LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks suffered a sharp sell-off at the open on Monday, tracking big drops in Asia as growing infla... More »

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Petrofac bosses to be interviewed by Britain’s fraud office

(Reuters) – British oilfield services provider Petrofac said its top management, including its chairman and executive directors, would be interviewed by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) regarding an ongoing investigation into suspected bribery and corrupti... More »

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Oil prices fall amid market sell off, Brent near one-month low

FILE PHOTO: An oil pump is seen operating in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, U.S. on May 3, 2017. Picture taken May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices on Monday extended declines from the end of last week amid a wid... More »

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UPS order for Boeing freighters highlights trade growth

A United Parcel Service (UPS) truck on delivery is pictured in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Files SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A recovery in international trade is reviving demand for aircraft once proudly linked to lon... More »

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U.S. fintech Stripe picks Dublin for new engineering hub

Construction cranes and buildings in the financial district are seen at sunrise in Dublin, Ireland November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. payments firm Stripe said on Monday it would place its first engineering center outside its ho... More »

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Former champions Serbia and Switzerland knocked out in Davis Cup first

Tennis – Davis Cup – World Group First Round – Serbia v United States – Sportski Centar Cair, Nis, Serbia – February 3, 2018 U.S. Davis Cup team poses for a picture after their win over Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (Reuters) – The United States surged to an u... More »

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Former champions Serbia and Switzerland knocked out in Davis Cup…

Tennis – Davis Cup – World Group First Round – Serbia v United States – Sportski Centar Cair, Nis, Serbia – February 3, 2018 U.S. Davis Cup team poses for a picture after their win over Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (Reuters) – The United States surged to an u... More »

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Interest rate angst trips up U.S. equity bull market

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson NEW YORK (Reuters) – For nearly nine years, the global hunt for yield sent you to one place: the U.S. stock marke... More »

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Helen Mirren delves into the haunted mystery of ‘Winchester’

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With its 160 rooms and rumored ghosts hiding among the darkened corners, the mystery of Winchester House, built by Sarah Winchester, the widow of rifle company magnate William Winchester, still draws droves of people to San Jose to try ... More »

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Potential blood test for Alzheimer’s shows early promise

TOKYO/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Researchers in Japan and Australia say they have made important progress in developing a blood test that could in future help doctors detect who might go on to get Alzheimer’s disease. In a study published in the journal Nature, the... More »

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UK PM May says Brexit transition deal will be agreed in seven weeks

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the China-UK business forum in Shanghai, China February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that a Brexit transition period will be agreed with the European... More »

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Bitcoin slides further, headed for worst week since 2013

FILE PHOTO: A collection of Bitcoin (virtual currency) tokens are displayed in this picture illustration taken December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin fell 9 percent on Friday, leaving the best-known cryptocu... More »

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Blockchain to track Congo’s cobalt from mine to mobile

FILE PHOTO: Part of Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine now occupied by artisanal miners, is seen outside Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of Democratic Republic of Congo, June 11, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Ross/File Photo LO... More »

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Deutsche Bank drags European shares into worst week since August

The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, February 1, 2018. REUTERS/Staff/Remote MILAN (Reuters) – European shares fell on Friday and were set for their biggest weekly loss in six months as a slump in Deutsch... More »

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Texas shale challenges North Sea crude as world oil benchmark

FILE PHOTO: Workers hired by U.S. oil and gas company Apache Corp drill a horizontal well in the Wolfcamp Shale in west Texas Permian Basin near the town of Mertzon, Texas, U.S., October 29, 2013. REUTERS/Terry Wade/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Surging shal... More »

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AstraZeneca is sued by Array BioPharma over cancer drug royalties

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Array BioPharma Inc on Thursday sued AstraZeneca AB, accusing the pharmaceutical company of refusing to pay required royalties for a cancer drug after entering into an $8.5 billion collaboration with Merck & Co. In a complaint filed in the... More »

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Goldman loses more commodities traders in broader overhaul

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several key commodities traders are leaving Goldman Sachs Group Inc, sources said on Wednesday, the latest wrinkle as the Wall Street firm seeks to turn around its struggling commodities unit. Those leaving include Don Casturo, operating c... More »