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UK’s Prince Charles hails ‘courage and creativity’ in Commonwealth’s pandemic response By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Charles paid tribute to the courage shown throughout the Commonwealth in response to coronavirus in a broadcast that will air on Sunday, hours before Prince Harry and Meghan talk about stepping down from royal duties on U.S. television. The prince was joined by other royals, including his elder son and heir Prince William, in talking about the...

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BT denies any CEO rift behind chairman’s retirement By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - BT denied any "misalignment" between board and management on Saturday after Sky News said that CEO Philip Jansen had indicated he might resign unless it replaced its chairman. The British broadband and mobile telecoms operator said on Monday that Jan du Plessis, who was appointed chairman in November 2017, had informed the board of his intention to retire once a successor...

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Exclusive: U.S. agency probes Facebook for ‘systemic’ racial bias in hiring, promotions – attorneys By Reuters

By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - A U.S. agency investigating Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as "systemic," attorneys for three job applicants and a manager who claim the company discriminated against them told Reuters on Friday. A "systemic" probe means the agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, suspects company policies may be...

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UK finds missing case of Brazil variant, says no sign it has spread By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - English health authorities have tracked down a previously-unidentified person who tested positive for a variant of COVID-19 first identified in northern Brazil, and said there were no signs the person had spread the virus. Health officials had said on Sunday they had not been able to account for one of six cases in the country of the highly transmissible...

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Canada shares higher at close of trade; S&P/TSX Composite up 0.88% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Canada equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.88%. The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were HudBay Minerals Inc (TSX:HBM), which rose 8.95% or 0.73 points to trade at 8.89 at...

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Boeing unveils new executive performance metrics tied to product safety By Reuters

(Reuters) - Boeing (NYSE:BA) Co's board on Friday unveiled new performance metrics for executives tied to product safety and quality, following fatal 737 MAX crashes related to design defects and as it wrestles with repairs to flawed 787 Dreamliner jets. The planemaker said its Chief Executive Officer David Calhoun had a take-home pay of $269,231 in 2020 after he agreed to forgo...

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Exclusive: British auto data start-up Wejo in talks to go public in $2 billion SPAC deal – sources By Reuters

By Ben Klayman and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Wejo is closing in on a deal to go public through a reverse merger with a blank-check company that would value the British connected car data start-up at more than $2 billion, two people familiar with the matter said. Wejo, which organizes data from about 15 million connected vehicles for such clients as General...

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