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Volkswagen faces EU fine for missing 2020 emissions targets
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen faces a fine of more than 100 million euros ($121 million) for missing EU targets on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its 2020 passenger car fleet, the world's largest...
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Lebanese prosecutor questions central bank governor after Swiss request, source says
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh has answered questions from Lebanon's public prosecutor based on a Swiss request, a senior judicial source told Reuters on Thursday. The ...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
Japan maintains estimate for long-term budget surplus in fiscal projections
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan kept its forecasts unchanged on Thursday for a return to a budget surplus over the long-term, even though the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its economy and debt pile re...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
UK factories see big drop in output ahead, supply problems too
LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturers expect a sharp fall in output in the three months ahead and there were widespread concerns about COVID and Brexit-related problems hindering the supply of comp...
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Yellen’s call to ‘act big’ reflects long re-think on big government debt
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At U.S. Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen's confirmation hearing Tuesday she nodded to the need for the federal debt to be put on a "sustainable" pat...
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Canadian pension funds hunt for pandemic real estate bargains
By Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian pension funds are seeking to boost their real estate investments, betting the slumping property market will recover as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes and of...
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UK card spending running 35% below pre-pandemic levels, BoE data shows
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Spending on payment cards in Britain last week stood 35% below pre-pandemic levels with the country in its third national COVID-19 lockdown, although the hit was not a...
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European firms improve diversity scores in pandemic year, study finds
By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez (Reuters) - The number of major European companies with high participation of women in leadership positions has doubled over the past year, but there was less progress on top ...
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Nuveen exits Chinese companies affected by U.S. investment ban
LONDON (Reuters) - Nuveen, the $1.1 trillion asset management arm of TIAA, has sold out of the Chinese companies affected by the recent ban on U.S. investment, it said in an email to Reuters. Nuveen h...
Syndicated Content Jan 21, 2021
European shares extend gains on U.S. stimulus hope
(Reuters) - European stocks extended gains on Thursday on hopes of a large U.S. stimulus plan under new President Joe Biden, while investors looked to the European Central Bank (ECB) for clues on the ...
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