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Futures edge higher after pullback on Wall Street; Georgia runoffs in focus
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Tuesday following Wall Street's grim start to the year as investors looked to twin Senate runoff elections in Georgia that would de...
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Newsmax, OAN vie for Trump loyalists as Georgia votes
By Helen Coster and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) - As candidates face off in Georgia on Tuesday in contests that will determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, another race is underway between cab...
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Hedge funds raise mining shorts as COVID vaccines seen tamping gold gains
By Jeff Lewis and Maiya Keidan TORONTO (Reuters) - Hedge funds increased bets against major gold miners, filings reviewed by Reuters showed, as COVID-19 vaccines weakened expectations for the yellow m...
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Column: Will we still commute after the epidemic? – John Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - In the advanced economies, the coronavirus epidemic is likely to accelerate long-term structural changes in the location of work and accommodation and the transport sys...
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Electric cars rise to record 54% market share in Norway in 2020
By Victoria Klesty OSLO (Reuters) - The sale of electric cars in Norway overtook those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines last year, with German auto-maker Volkswagen replacing Tesla as the ...
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Sterling in for bumpy ride as lockdowns spoil post-Brexit party
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - Currency markets are signalling a bumpy ride for the British pound as tighter lockdown measures are expected to offset Brexit deal optimi...
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Buoyant German retail sales, jobs data belie broader COVID gloom
BERLIN (Reuters) - German retail sales rose in November and jobless numbers fell last month, against forecasts that both readings would worsen, suggesting parts of Europe's largest economy have weathe...
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Japan’s state of emergency seen triggering first-quarter economic contraction
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's likely decision to declare a state of emergency in the Tokyo area will most probably trigger a contraction in January-March, analysts say, adding to the heada...
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Chinese watchdog to encourage rural bank mergers
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top banking watchdog said on Tuesday it would encourage founders of rural banks to boost capital, and would promote mergers and acquisitions in the sector to cut financial ...
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UK offers lockdown-hit firms extra 4.6 billion pounds of help
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain offered a new 4.6 billion pound ($6.2 billion) support package for businesses struggling to cope with a third national lockdown that began this week to stem a new wave of COV...
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