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US STOCKS-Tesla lifts Nasdaq to record high

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.)    * Tesla rallies after opening solar charging station    * Retail darlings Alfi, Torchlight extend declines    * Indexes: Dow -0.07%, S&P 500 +0.07%, Nasdaq +0.21% (Adds detail on stock moves, comment from investor)    By Noel Randewich and Devik Jain    June 23 (Reuters) – The Nasdaq rose to an all-time high on Wednesday, fueled by a rally in Tesla Inc, with investors… Source link

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China lifts cap on births in major policy shift

(Adds quote)    By Tony Munroe and David Stanway    BEIJING, May 31 (Reuters) – Married Chinese couples may have up to three children, China announced on Monday, in a major shift from the existing limit of two after recent data showed a dramatic decline in births in the world’s most populous country.    Beijing scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit to try and stave off risks to its economy from a rapidly aging population. But that failed… Source link

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Google lifts pause on political ads that started after Capitol riot

The logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google outside the company’s office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. Thomas Peter | Reuters Google is once again letting political ads run on its platform following a pause that began after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. “Starting on Wednesday, we will be lifting our Sensitive Events policy to again allow advertisers to run political ads,” Google said in an emailed statement to CNBC. “We will continue to rigorously enforce our ads policies, which strictly… Source link

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Yandex lifts revenues 30% in Q3

Russian search engine Yandex said revenues for the third quarter rose 30 percent year-on-year to RUB 58.3 billion. The net income leaped 356 percent to RUB 21.9 billion while the adjusted net profit went up by 11 percent to RUB 7.6 billion, up by 11 percent.  The adjusted EBITDA lifted 8 percent to RUB 15.1 billion, with the margin going to 25.9 percent.  The group also announced financial results on a like-for-like basis, excluding Yandex.Market in 2019 and 2020. Here, revenues… Source link

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‘Time to open up’: Melbourne lifts Covid restrictions

An emotional Daniel Andrews has ended Melbourne’s lockdown, lifting several restrictions after the state recorded no new coronavirus cases for the first time in 139 days. The Victorian premier thanked the state’s people for staying the course as he announced Melbourne’s five million people will be able to return to pubs, cafes and restaurants alongside other social changes. It comes a day after Mr Andrews hit pause on a planned step forward on Melbourne’s road out of lockdown as he… Source link

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