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Tom Lasseter

@TomLasseter

@Reuters, Finance and Markets, Enterprise Editor. Hazard-Baghdad-Moscow-Beijing-Delhi-Singapore-DC

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Tom Bergin@tombergin_NewsOct 7
it was a privilege working with my wonderful colleagues @TomLasseter @gauthiervillars @michelleconlin @ldelevingne, tomwilson, GQ Koh, @GavinFinchRtrs, and others on our Trump Crypto series. And delighted for the work to be recognized with this Bartlett & Steele award.
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Silver - Global/National goes to "Trump’s Crypto Wealth" by @reuters @gauthiervillars @tombergin_News @michelleconlin @ldelevingne @_tom_wilson_ @GavinFinchRtrs & Koh Gui Qing The judges noted the stories included “intricate details and demonstrated very strong reporting chops"
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Tom Bergin@tombergin_NewsJun 9
Ten years ago, I received a phone call from Donald Trump. The soon-to-be-President was incensed at a spreadsheet I had sent his team which indicated that his business wasn’t doing so well. @realDonaldTrump disagreed, of course, in his inimitable fashion...
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Risking little of their own money, the US president and his sons have added at least $2.3 billion to the family fortune from their main crypto ventures, while the investors they've wooed have taken a $2.3 billion hit, Reuters found reut.rs/4vIfefv @specialreports
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Today marks 70 years since Waffle House opened its doors in Avondale Estates, Georgia. 🧇
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One argument is that this is downstream of the decline in reading. As people’s information diet shifts from longer and more complex texts to short snippets, and from text to video, people’s effective literacy levels decline.
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Debra Tice, the mother of missing American journalist Austin Tice, has just landed in Beirut en route to continue her tireless hunt for him in the new Syria. Here’s hoping he will finally be found now that Assad has gone @FreeAustinTice
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The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate today: 7.16% Same day last year: 6.67% ---- 10-year Treasury yield today: 4.58% Spread today: 258 bps
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Scenes from 1,000 days of war in Ukraine reut.rs/40RBSFN
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Please look at this Delhi tree and let us be grateful to a citizen… it was planted in 2001 by vendor Kesar ji, who used to sit under its shade all day long, in all seasons, selling sliced guavas. She was claimed by the second wave of the Coronavirus
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Thu Thu Aung@thuttag16 Jul 2024
This paper is dedicated to the emerging generation of young MM journalists who are sacrificing so much and taking such risks to report what is happening on the ground. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar ⁦@risj_oxford⁩ reutersinstitute.politics.ox…
The rise of citizen journalism in Myanmar

The rise of citizen journalism in Myanmar

Citizen journalists operate under constant threat, adopting pseudonyms and encrypted communications to evade detection by a regime that has weaponised information.

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25 years ago my brother @typesfaster was the first dealer in the United States for Chinese automotive company Geely, selling this 50cc motor scooter. Here’s Geely’s latest electric car (around $30k USD in China).
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The China Whisperer: a superb profile of John Garnaut, who has partnered with Matt Pottinger. 2 former journalists, China hands, government officials and now together at Garnaut Global. Excellent work by @NorthropKatrina! thewirechina.com/2024/04/07/…
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Heather Timmons@HeathaT28 Mar 2024
How US oil production hit a record under Biden, despite climate policies reuters.com/graphics/USA-BID…
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@Reuters4 Oct 2023
Lacretia Johnson Flash knew of her ancestors' struggle from slavery to becoming Black landowners in Tennessee. What she didn't learn until a reporter contacted her is that a US congressman is a descendant of her family's enslavers reut.rs/3ZFeoBk
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Euan Rocha@EuanRocha21 Sep 2023
Apply for the Danish Siddiqui Photojournalism Internship by @Reuters and honour a remarkable photojournalist’s legacy. Applications are open until October 31, 2023. Learn more: bit.ly/45MIu81
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The Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group, Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, on social media said that Afghan female students to whom "I had provided an educational scholarship in collaboration with the University of Dubai presented by Eesa Bastaki, President University of Dubai were unfortunately unable to reach Dubai airport to continue their studies due to Taliban’s interference.”
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The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate ticks up to 7.49%. That’s a new 22-year high. Spread: 317 bps
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Simon Robinson@iron_emu27 Jul 2023
Tesla became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to suppress them and cancel owners’ service appointments. reuters.com/investigates/spe… #Tesla #ElectricVehicle #EVs
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At $0.60, the world's cheapest Domino's pizza is in inflation-hit India. Global restaurant chains are scrambling to lure Indians hit by rising prices. It's a tale of two consumers in a country with yawning gaps between rich and poor. A Reuters deep dive 🧵 reut.rs/3rqYHjZ
Focus: The world's cheapest Domino's pizza is in inflation-hit India. It costs $0.60

Focus: The world's cheapest Domino's pizza is in inflation-hit India. It costs $0.60

Q: How does the world's biggest pizza brand respond to high inflation in the world's most populous nation? A: With the world's cheapest Domino's pizza.

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Our latest story in our continuing investigation into Mississippi sheriffs, featured in the @nytimes & @MSTODAYnews: nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/mi…
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