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Dollar, U.S. yields gain, Asian shares held back by Delta worries
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dollar and U.S. yields extended gains in Asia on Wednesday, spurred by tapering talk, while Asian shares traded sideways on fears about the spread of the coronav...
Aug 10, 2021
Oil crawls higher on solid U.S. demand outlook despite Delta surge
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices on Wednesday consolidated strong overnight gains as a bullish outlook for U.S. fuel demand outweighed concerns about mobility curbs in Asia with the spread of the high...
Aug 10, 2021
Boeing 737 MAX test plane takes flight in China – Flightradar24
BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) -A Boeing Co 737 MAX test plane took to the skies in China on Wednesday as the U.S. manufacturer looks to end a nearly two-and-a-half-year regulatory grounding of the model in...
Aug 10, 2021
Fed taper talk lifts dollar ahead of inflation test
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near a four-month high against the euro and scaled a five-week peak on the Japanese yen on Wednesday, as traders awaited U.S. inflation data a...
Aug 10, 2021
U.S. man held on suspicion of murdering his two children in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -An American man suspected of murdering his two young children in Mexico has been arrested by U.S. border agents as he attempted to return to the United States, prosecutors in th...
Aug 10, 2021
Australia’s CBA sets record $4.4 billion buyback as profit rebounds
By Paulina Duran and Shashwat Awasthi SYDNEY/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's largest lender, on Wednesday announced a record A$6 billion ($4.41 billion) share buyba...
Aug 10, 2021
Singapore upgrades 2021 GDP outlook as vaccinations gain pace
By Chen Lin and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's bellwether economy expanded more than initially estimated in the second quarter and the government raised its forecast for 2021 as ...
Aug 10, 2021
U.S. Pacific Northwest braces for more brutal heat
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Temperatures rose across the U.S. Pacific Northwest on Tuesday as residents of Portland, Oregon and Washington state prepared for a third punishing heat wave of the summer. ...
Aug 10, 2021
Biden says infrastructure deal shows bipartisanship is not dead
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised the courage of 19 Republicans who supported a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and said U.S. Senate passage of the legisla...
Aug 10, 2021
Human rights claims undermine China’s investment abroad, report finds
(Reuters) - China's efforts to be seen as a responsible investor overseas are at risk from high rates of human rights abuses linked to its business operations, especially in the metals and mining sect...
Aug 10, 2021
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