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China's 'Hawaii' to allow horse racing, sports lotteries
AFP, Published on 16/04/2018
» BEIJING: China is encouraging its southern island of Hainan to develop horse racing and introduce a raft of reforms as Beijing pushes the tropical tourism destination as a beacon of openness.
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Foxconn exits $19.4bn chip deal in India
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» TAIPEI" Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn withdrew from a $19.4 billion deal with India's Vedanta to make semiconductors in the South Asian nation owing to "challenging gaps", it announced Tuesday.
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PGA Tour, LIV backers drop no-poaching clause from deal
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» MIAMI - The PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund have dropped a provision from their framework agreement that barred LIV Golf and the Tour from recruiting each other's players, the PGA Tour confirmed Thursday.
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US averts first-ever default with 11th-hour debt deal
AFP, Published on 02/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: United States senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to eliminate the threat of a disastrous credit default just four days ahead of the deadline set by the Treasury.
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Biden cuts deal in principle with Republicans to avert catastrophic US default
AFP, Published on 28/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden and Republican lawmakers struck a deal in principle to raise the country's debt ceiling Saturday, in a crucial first step towards eliminating the threat of a disastrous default with just days to spare.
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US Treasury chief decries debt 'brinkmanship'
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» NIIGATA, Japan: Political brinkmanship over raising the US debt ceiling risks "serious economic costs" even without the "catastrophe" of a default, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Thursday at G7 finance talks in Japan.
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Swiss parliament fumes over Credit Suisse collapse
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» BERN (SWITZERLAND) - The Swiss parliament voiced its fury on Tuesday at the collapse of Credit Suisse and how the rules intended to prevent such a major bank from getting itself into trouble completely failed.
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Big E3 videogame expo in US is cancelled
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» NEW YORK - Sponsors of E3, a long-running videogame trade show, pulled the plug on its 2023 gathering, announcing on the event's website Thursday they will "reevaluate" the future of the expo.
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EU starts WTO action against China over Lithuania, patents
AFP, Published on 07/12/2022
» BRUSSELS - The EU on Wednesday escalated disputes with China to the WTO, requesting panels be assembled to hear two cases, one over trade restrictions on Lithuania and the other on legal recourses for EU patent holders.
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Seeking 'healthy' debate of ideas, Musk nears Twitter deal finish line
AFP, Published on 27/10/2022
» NEW YORK: Closing in on his Twitter megadeal, Elon Musk said Thursday his goal is to enable "healthy" debate of ideas and counter the tendency of social media to splinter into partisan "echo chambers."
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