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U.S. IPO boom braves market volatility
By Echo Wang and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Weeks of stock market volatility have done little to dent the record-setting pace of U.S. initial public offerings, with capital market insiders forecasting a ...
Oct 11, 2021
Two Norway wind farms lose licence in landmark ruling over indigenous rights
By Nora Buli and Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's supreme court stripped two wind farms of their operating licences on Monday in a case that could boost the legal rights of the country's indige...
Oct 11, 2021
U.N. chief urges world leaders to clinch WTO fisheries deal, document shows
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to world leaders calling on them to clinch a deal on curbing fisheries subsidies as negotiations near their final p...
Oct 11, 2021
French startup Swile gets unicorn status with $200 million Softbank-led fundraising
(Reuters) - Swile has raised additional an $200 million in a capital increase backed by Japan's Softbank, aiming at expanding its business internationally and beyond corporate benefits services, the F...
Oct 11, 2021
World Bank seeks $100 billion in donations to address ‘tragic reversals’ in development
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank hopes to raise $100 billion in donations for the International Development Association fund for poorer countries to address "tra...
Oct 11, 2021
Italy’s SECO aims for new acquisitions next year, looks at cybersecurity
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian SECO aims to make new acquisitions in 2022, the high tech group's Chief Executive Massimo Mauri said on Monday. "We are looking at the cybersecurity sector, especially in the...
Oct 11, 2021
Crypto analytics firm Elliptic raises $60 million from SoftBank, others
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic said on Monday it had raised $60 million from investors including SoftBank and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, the latest blockch...
Oct 11, 2021
Exclusive-Major coffee buyers face losses as Colombia farmers fail to deliver
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - Coffee farmers in Colombia, the world's No. 2 arabica producer, have failed to deliver up to 1 million bags of beans this year or nearly 10% of the country's crop, ...
Oct 11, 2021
Poor countries’ debt rose 12% to record $860 billion in 2020- World Bank
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The debt burden of the world's low-income countries rose 12% to a record $860 billion in 2020 as countries responded to the COVID-19 crisis with massive fiscal,...
Oct 11, 2021
Ericsson signs 5-year 5G contract with AT&T
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Ericsson said on Monday it has won a five-year contract from AT&T to help build its 5G network in the United States. AT&T, which won an auction earlier this year for C-B...
Oct 11, 2021
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