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(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal that Democrats and Republicans need to come together to pass strong bipartisan legislation in order to hold major tech companies accountable. Most importantly, Biden said he wanted to see “serious federal protections for Americans’ privacy,” including putting limits on how …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers will review the cause of a Federal Aviation Administration computer system outage overnight on Tuesday that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 10,000 U.S. flights. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, said on Wednesday that the panel “will be looking into …

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(Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Bluebell Capital Partners shows no sign of halting its run of challenging the policies and executives of some of the world’s biggest companies. The group has taken on the likes of GSK Plc, Glencore Plc, Vivendi SE and Danone SA while owning minor stakes, as well as attempting to oust …

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By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Bottles of beer zip along a conveyor belt in a Brasimba factory which has weathered two deadly Ebola outbreaks and waves of fighting linked to rebel militias active in the nearby forests. After an initial investment of 125 million euros ($134 million), beer output …

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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland plans to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of an international coalition, the Polish president said on Wednesday. Kyiv has been requesting heavy military vehicles such as the German-made Leopard 2, which would represanent a significant step-up in Western support to Ukraine. “A company of Leopard tanks will be handed …

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By Jessica DiNapoli and Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) -Healthy Choice meal maker Conagra Brands Inc has no plans to hike prices further on its snacks and frozen foods beyond the current quarter, its Chief Executive Officer Sean Connolly said in a Reuters Newsmaker interview on Tuesday. Known for its Birds Eye, Chef Boyardee and …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Carmaker Audi’s Mexico unit and worker representatives have agreed to 9.4% salary raises for 2023, forestalling a strike in reaching a deal for one of the highest automaker wage hikes in Mexico in recent years. The Independent Union of Audi Mexico Workers (SITAUDI) and Audi previously negotiated two options to raise …

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(Reuters) -Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond, popular among retail traders, jumped in early trading on Wednesday, extending their rebound from multi-decade lows hit last week following news of the company’s plans to seek bankruptcy protection. The stock, the third most actively traded across U.S. exchanges, was up about 25% at $2.60. It has risen …

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(Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allowed some flights to resume after an outage of the system that alerts pilots to any obstructions before take-off had earlier forced the civil aviation regulator to ground all aircraft in the United States. Over 4,000 flights were delayed and more than 600 canceled because of the outage …

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