Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Business News (Master Feed)
U.S. holiday retail sales rise 3.0% – Mastercard report
(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rose 3.0% during this year's expanded holiday shopping season from Oct. 11 to Dec. 24, a report by Mastercard Inc said on Saturday, powered by a pandemic-driven shift tow...
Dec 26, 2020
Millions of Americans lose jobless benefits as Trump refuses to sign aid bill
By Steve Holland and Richard Cowan PALM BEACH, Fla/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of Americans saw their jobless benefits expire on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump refused to sign into law...
Dec 25, 2020
China to leapfrog U.S. as world’s biggest economy by 2028 – think tank
LONDON (Reuters) - China will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countr...
Dec 25, 2020
BBC says obtained full copy of post-Brexit trade deal
(Reuters) - The BBC reported late on Friday that it has obtained the full copy of the post-Brexit trade deal agreed by the United Kingdom and European Union. The 1,246-page document includes about 800...
Dec 25, 2020
Air Canada Boeing 737-8 MAX suffers engine issue
(Reuters) - An Air Canada Boeing Co 737-8 Max en route between Arizona and Montreal with three crew members on board suffered an engine issue that forced the crew to divert the aircraft to Tucson, Ari...
Dec 25, 2020
Next up for retailers: A big wave of gift returns
By Nivedita Balu, Melissa Fares and Lisa Baertlein NEW YORK (Reuters) - As shoppers tuck their final Christmas presents under the tree, U.S. retailers are bracing for a record-setting flood of returns...
Dec 25, 2020
China extends tariff exemptions for imports of some U.S. products for one year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's finance ministry said on Friday it will extend tariff exemptions for imports of 6 products from the United States including white oil and food-grade petroleum wax, for anot...
Dec 25, 2020
China will conduct talks on EU investment pact ‘at its own pace’
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - China will conduct talks on an investment pact with the European Union "at its own pace", its foreign ministry said on Friday, raising doubts about whether a deal c...
Dec 25, 2020
Mayor of major French fishing port warns of Brexit deal uncertainties
PARIS (Reuters) - The Brexit trade deal still leaves French fisherman facing a host of unknowns, warned the mayor of the major northern fishing port of Boulogne-sur-Mer on Friday. British Prime Minist...
Dec 25, 2020
Japan tightens procurement rules after outcry over COVID relief spending
By Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's trade ministry unveiled a raft of public procurement reforms on Friday following an outcry over a deal to disburse coronavirus relief to struggling busin...
Dec 25, 2020
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