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US renews waiver letting Iraq pay Iran for electricity

A man works on an electrical generator board during power outages in Basra, Iraq August 21, 2021. Picture taken August 21, 2021. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The United States has issued a new 120-day waiver allowing Iraq to pay Iran for electricity, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, stressing Tehran could only use the funds for humanitarian trade and seeking to blunt criticism of giving Iran the money.U.S. officials said the waiver was identical to one in July that for the first time allowed Iraq...
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Wall Street tortoise overtakes Chinese hare

ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 10 (Reuters) - For long-term investors, the famous 'tortoise and the hare' fable is a useful reminder that the stock, sector or country racing ahead today may not be the winner tomorrow.This has been true of the performance of Chinese stocks vis-à-vis Wall Street at nearly every juncture over the past 30 years, perhaps surprisingly, given China's surge to global economic and financial powerhouse status in that time.With economic, trade, and geopolitical relations between the two superpowers at their lowest ebb in decades, investors are more attuned...
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