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The third dose of the vaccine was authorized for people who are 65 years or older or at high risk of severe Covid-19, including from their jobs.
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France To Send Its Ambassador Back To The U.S. Following A Macron-Biden Call NPRFrench Leaders Shocked By U.S. Submarine Deal With Australia MSNBCBiden holds first call with French President Macron since diplomatic crisis erupted CNNOpinion | Why France Is Angry About the U.S.'s Submarine Deal The New York TimesFrance and the US need to restore trust Financial TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
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Digital-only and full-service banking customers now look increasingly similar
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 Oil futures climbed on Wednesday, buoyed by a weekly decline in U.S. crude supplies, even as gasoline stockpiles edged higher. While much of the data, like the rise in crude production, is "still reflective of temporary hurricane impacts, this week's [Energy Information Administration] report did offer a glimpse into what is likely to come in the weeks ahead" with the reported 1.5 million barrel drop in crude stocks at the Cushing, Okla., storage hub, said Troy Vincent, market analyst at DTN. West Texas Intermediate crude for November delivery rose $1.74, or 2.5%, to settle at $72.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the highest front-month contract finish since Thursday, FactSet data show.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday reiterated his view that Democrats should go it alone to raise the federal borrowing limit, since President Joe Biden's party has pursued massive spending without Republican support. "My advice to this Democratic government -- the president, the House and the Senate: Don't play Russian roulette with our economy. Step up and raise the debt ceiling to cover all that you've been engaged in all year long," said McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, during a news conference. Democratic lawmakers have rejected McConnell's argument, saying that lifting the debt limit is about addressing spending during the Republican Trump administration.
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 Companies pass tax increases on to customers, while a capital-gains tax hike penalizes long-term shareholders.
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Brooks Automation Inc. announced Monday a deal to sell its Semiconductor Solutions Group business for $3.0 billion in cash to Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. Brooks' automation business recorded revenue of $613 million in revenue in the last 12 months through June 30, which compares with total revenue of about $1.1 billion over the same time, according to FactSet data. Brooks expects the deal to close in the first half of 2022. As a result of the deal, Brooks said it will no longer pursue its previously announced plans to split into two separate publicly traded companies, one a life-sciences company and the other an automation-technology company. Brooks' stock slipped 0.2% in premarket trading Monday, but outperformed its chip-sector peers and the broader stock market, as the VanEck Semiconductor ETF dropped 1.3% and futures for the S&P 500 slid 1.3%.
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