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U.S. blocks palm oil imports from Malaysia’s Sime Darby over forced labour allegations
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The United States has banned imports of palm oil from Malaysian producer Sime Darby Plantation from Wednesday over allegations of forced labour during production, the U.S. Cus...
Dec 31, 2020
Britain says decision to suspend U.S. tariffs already paying off
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday its decision to suspend retaliatory tariffs against the United States was already bearing fruit after it was spared in a new round of U.S. tariff increases ...
Dec 31, 2020
UK names Tesco and Pizza Hut for biggest breaches of minimum wage law
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco and Pizza Hut were the two biggest offenders among 139 employers who failed to pay staff the minimum wage between 2016 and 2018, Britain's government announc...
Dec 31, 2020
European stocks retreat in thin trading, set to end 2020 with losses
(Reuters) - European stocks retreated on Thursday as investors squared positions on the last trading day of the year, while wider coronavirus lockdowns in Britain and news that the United States had r...
Dec 31, 2020
Apple removes 39,000 game apps from China store to meet deadline
By Pei Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a...
Dec 31, 2020
Take Five: Vaccine over virus (or Happy New Year)
1/COVID-19 IN '21 All hopes for next year - everything from stock market returns to restaurant bookings - are bound up with the view that vaccines will gradually restore normality to a pandemic-ravage...
Dec 31, 2020
Exclusive: Chinese regulators probe Ant Group’s equity investments – sources
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese regulators are reviewing equity investments held by Ant Group Co Ltd in dozens of companies, three people with knowledge of the matter said, intensifying a c...
Dec 31, 2020
Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors bullish on stocks, hoping for a brighter 2021
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks are closing 2020 on a strong note, and many investors are betting the party will continue after a tumultuous year that marked both the end of the ...
Dec 31, 2020
COVID-19 shook, rattled and rolled the global economy in 2020
By Dan Burns and Mark John (Reuters) - When 2020 dawned, the global economy had just notched its 10th straight year of uninterrupted growth, a streak most economists and government finance officials e...
Dec 31, 2020
Vaccines, stimulus set tone for 2021 as year ends on bullish note
By Naveen Thukral and Gavin Maguire SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Global commodity markets are poised to end 2020 on a strong note, with recovering demand and widespread stimulus packages buoying prices after...
Dec 30, 2020
