Twitter to let users offer content subscriptions in monetization push

(Reuters) -Twitter-owner Elon Musk said on Thursday users of the social media platform will be able to offer their followers subscriptions to content, including long-form text and hours-long video. Users offering the subscription, a feature they can access through the “Monetization” tab in settings, will get all the money subscribers pay apart from the charges…

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Faraday Future pushes back EV deliveries, looking for cash

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Electric vehicle (EV) startup Faraday Future Intelligent Electric on Thursday pushed back initial deliveries of its flagship FF 91 Futurist by another two months, saying they would depend on “substantial additional financing”. The Los Angeles-based company said it was down to about $30 million in cash as of Tuesday and deliveries…

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US aviation authorities may delay some space launches to avoid air traffic disruption

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it may delay some space launches to minimize disruption to commercial air travel and provide “equitable” access to airspace near launch sites. Space launches have often snarled air schedules, especially in congested Florida airspace. Officials are worried about a repeat of last…

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BlackRock sells asset-backed bonds from Credit Suisse’s books- Bloomberg News

(Reuters) -Credit Suisse Group AG has hired BlackRock Inc to help sell a portfolio of structured bonds for the Swiss bank, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory group has been selling off securities over the last two weeks, including pieces of collateralized loan obligations, commercial mortgage bonds and niche asset-backed debt, Bloomberg…

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Analysis-Twitter’s advertising business seen facing slow recovery

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Twitter-owner Elon Musk has said advertisers are returning to the social media platform, but statements from several companies and data from research firms suggest a bounce-back is not happening so fast. Musk, who also runs electric carmaker Tesla Inc, earlier this week told the BBC that most of Twitter’s advertisers…

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Some U.S. abortion pill providers curb availability after appeals court ruling

By Julia Harte and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) -U.S. telehealth and in-person abortion providers scrambled on Thursday to keep medication abortion services available after a federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone could be distributed amid ongoing litigation but with significant restrictions. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld…

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Minneapolis settles two lawsuits involving ex-officer who killed George Floyd

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The city of Minneapolis on Thursday settled two lawsuits brought by Black residents involving Derek Chauvin, the white former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, that alleged he had dealt with them similarly in the past. Minneapolis City Council members voted on Thursday to settle the federal civil…

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