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Hong Kong take-private deals set to pick up pace after hitting three-year high in 2020
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Deals to take Hong Kong-listed companies private are set to accelerate next year, having already hit a three-year peak in 2020, as family-owned and other businesses re...
Dec 16, 2020
Japanese regional bank spearheads drive for greener finance
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - In a country only starting to embrace green finance, a small lender based near picturesque Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake, is making the...
Dec 16, 2020
Oil prices hit nine-month high after U.S. crude stock draw
By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices hit a nine-month high early on Thursday after U.S. government data showed that crude stockpiles fell last week and on optimism over a coronavirus...
Dec 16, 2020
U.S. says recent hacking campaign hit government networks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government confirmed on Wednesday that a recent hacking campaign impacted its networks, and said the attack was "significant and ongoing." "This is a developing situati...
Dec 16, 2020
Japan PM Suga’s carbon-neutral pledge to boost domestic green bond market, says government panel member
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's burgeoning green bond market will keep growing next year as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's pledge to make the country carbon-neutral by 205...
Dec 16, 2020
Dollar in doldrums as progress on U.S. stimulus, Brexit deals dent safety bid
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar languished near fresh 2-1/2-year lows against its major rivals on Thursday as progress toward agreeing a U.S. stimulus package and a Brexit deal boosted ...
Dec 16, 2020
Investors waiting for Fed long-end buying have to wait some more
By Kate Duguid and Ann Saphir NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Investors hoping the U.S. Federal Reserve would make a concerted push into longer-duration bonds at Wednesday's meeting did not get wha...
Dec 16, 2020
Bank of England set to wait for end to Brexit stand-off
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England is expected to refrain from yet more stimulus on Thursday as it waits to see if a possible no-deal Brexit in two weeks' time deepens the pro...
Dec 16, 2020
Britain’s retail industry demands probe of disruption at ports
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's retailers and food manufacturers have called on lawmakers to urgently investigate ongoing disruption at UK ports, warning that delays were hurting their pla...
Dec 16, 2020
Asia stocks firm as U.S. economic support pushes Nasdaq to record
By David Henry NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set for gains on Thursday as progress toward a long-awaited U.S. stimulus package and a pledge by the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low h...
Dec 16, 2020
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