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China’s Xi calls for stronger macro-economic coordination
(Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping on Monday called on the world to strengthen macro-economic policy coordination and remove barriers to trade, investment and technological exchanges as he backe...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
Italy consumer association sues Apple for planned iPhone obsolescence
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian consumer association Altroconsumo said on Monday it had told Apple it has launched a class action against the U.S. tech giant for the practice of planned obsolescence. In a s...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
Nasdaq futures jump, hopes grow for stimulus
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures jumped on Monday as markets geared up for a busy week of earnings from mega-cap technology companies, against the backdrop of rising hopes for a fiscal package...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
Online merchants linked to QAnon down, but not out, following platform bans
By Jeffrey Dastin, Sheila Dang and Anna Irrera (Reuters) - Since last year, entrepreneur Dustin Krieger has faced bans by an expanding list of big tech companies: four blocked PayPal accounts, half a ...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
U.S. corporate buybacks are on the rise, lifting investor hopes
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. corporate share buyback levels are slowly increasing after last year's pandemic-driven drop-off in spending, and investors are eager...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
IKEA lowers climate footprint helped by pandemic and energy-efficient light bulbs
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Furniture giant IKEA said it is on track to cut its emissions further after an 11% reduction in its climate footprint in the 12 months to the end of August, par...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
Investor payouts and job cuts jar with U.S. companies’ social pledge
By Jessica DiNapoli, Ross Kerber and Noel Randewich (Reuters) - When Randall Stephenson joined 180 of his peers leading many of the richest U.S. companies in signing the Business Roundtable pledge on ...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
Alphabet’s Verily bets on long-term payoff from virus-testing deals
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - For Alphabet Inc's Verily, a healthcare venture that is one the tech giant's most prominent "other bets," the coronavirus pandemic offered an immediate busin...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
Fed set to look beyond possible post-pandemic inflation shock
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Between the closed theaters and restaurants, the prices slashed by airlines and half-empty hotels, and the government benefits paid or in the pipeline, Ameri...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
Analysis: Congressional Democrats face challenges in repealing Wall Street-friendly rules
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Democrats controlling the Senate, progressives want to repeal the Trump administration's Wall Street-friendly rules, but they may strug...
Syndicated Content Jan 25, 2021
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