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Biting passenger delays flight? No compensation needed, says EU court

Airlines don't need to compensate passengers if a flight is delayed by one person biting another as it is an "extraordinary circumstance", the EU's top court ruled on Thursday after a customer sued Portuguese airline TAP over such an incident.



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Lloyds Bank fined $81 million for overcharging mortgage customers

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority has fined Lloyds Bank 64 million pounds ($81.26 million) for failures in handling hundreds of thousands of mortgage customers in difficulties or arrears.



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Moderna to start final testing stage of coronavirus vaccine in July

Moderna Inc on Thursday confirmed it plans to start a trial of 30,000 volunteers of its much-anticipated coronavirus vaccine in July as the company enters the final stage of testing.



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Bombardier to cut up to 600 jobs in Northern Ireland

Planemaker Bombardier Inc is to cut up to 600 jobs in its Northern Ireland operations, it said on Thursday, as part of plans announced last week to cut 2,500 jobs or about 11% of the workforce in its global aviation unit.



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JPMorgan's Wikmark takes new role as co-head of Nordics banking: memo

JPMorgan has promoted Jonas Wikmark as co-head of Nordics banking to drive growth in one of its major European markets, according to a memo seen by Reuters.



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Paul Tudor Jones says companies can no longer exist just to maximize profits

Paul Tudor Jones on Wednesday critiqued the long-held belief that companies should exist for the sole purpose of generating profits.

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Unilever to end Anglo-Dutch era with British holding company

Unilever proposed collapsing its Anglo-Dutch legal structure into a single holding company based in Britain on Thursday, nearly two years after shareholders sank an earlier plan to move its headquarters to the Netherlands.



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Futures fall after Fed's sobering outlook, fears of second virus wave

U.S. stock futures extended declines on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve's economic forecast confirmed that the pain from the coronavirus outbreak will be felt for years, with investors also nervous about a second wave of infections.



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Volkswagen board apologises after publication of racist advert

Volkswagen's management board on Thursday apologised for the company's publication on its Instagram page of a racist advert and said the clip was published because of a lack of cultural sensitivity rather than because of racist intentions.



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EU to file antitrust complaint against Amazon over treatment of third party sellers: WSJ

The European Union is planning on filing formal antitrust charges against Amazon.com Inc over its treatment of third-party sellers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.



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Walmart to stop keeping 'multicultural' beauty products in locked display cases

Walmart Inc will stop keeping personal care products designed for people of color in locked display cases, the retailer said, after the practice drew flak online with many saying it suggested customers for these products cannot be trusted.



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Futures drop on fears of second virus wave, bleak economic view

U.S. stock futures fell sharply on Thursday on jitters over a second wave of coronavirus infections and a grim forecast for the economy from the Federal Reserve.



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Uber, Lyft drivers now considered employees under California law

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said drivers under Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), which include ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc , would be considered employees under the state's work law.



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U.S. weekly jobless claims fall, but millions still unemployed

Layoffs in the United States are abating, but millions who lost their jobs because of COVID-19 continue to draw unemployment benefits, suggesting the labor market could take years to heal from the pandemic even as businesses resume hiring workers.



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Japan's Takeda to sell some Asia-focused drugs to Celltrion for $278 million

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd has agreed to sell a portfolio of over-the-counter and prescription drugs marketed in the Asia Pacific region to South Korea's Celltrion Inc for $278 million, it said on Thursday



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