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Explainer-How Sri Lanka’s economy spiralled into crisis
By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Anger against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's handling of a deepening economic crisis in the island nation of 22 million people spiralled into violen...
Apr 01, 2022
Spain expects Easter bounce to lift tourism to 80% of pre-COVID levels
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain expects international tourist arrivals to reach 80% of pre-pandemic volumes in the second quarter as northern Europeans shrug off concerns over the Ukraine conflict and return...
Apr 01, 2022
Amazon’s NY union vote count continues, labor leads
By Doyinsola Oladipo and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) - Organized labor supporters at an Amazon.com facility in New York City's Staten Island held the lead in a contest to form a union as U.S. regulators c...
Apr 01, 2022
Canadian factory activity grows at record pace despite surging costs
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian manufacturing activity expanded at a record pace in March as restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic eased and demand conditions improved, although the Russia-Ukr...
Apr 01, 2022
Biden administration finalizes new stringent fuel economy rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Friday unveiled tougher fuel economy standards for vehicles reversing his predecessor Donald Trump's rollback of U.S....
Apr 01, 2022
Electrified cars overtake petrol models in French Q1 sales
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) - Sales of new electrified vehicles in France overtook petrol-powered equivalents for the first time in the first quarter, a major milestone for lower-emission vehi...
Apr 01, 2022
Botin urges EU to define green lending to reduce dependence on Russian energy
By Jess Aguado MADRID (Reuters) - The chairman of Spanish bank Santander on Friday called for the European Union to define what kind of lending is considered consistent with a net zero energy policy, ...
Apr 01, 2022
Auto logistics firm Gefco to buy back shares from Russian Railways
PARIS (Reuters) -Auto transport company Gefco, co-owned by French-Italian carmaker Stellantis, said on Friday it will buy back the 75% of its shares that are held by Russian Railways (RZD) after it wa...
Apr 01, 2022
Spain March car sales slump as trucker strike adds to industry woes
MADRID (Reuters) - New car registrations in Spain fell more than 30% in March as a partial trucker strike delayed deliveries of vehicles and parts and deepened existing supply-chain issues, industry b...
Apr 01, 2022
Fed’s Evans sees 7 rate hikes this year, but says that could change
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans on Friday repeated his view that the U.S. central bank will likely need to make seven quarter-of-a-percentage-point interest r...
Apr 01, 2022
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