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For Britain’s chicken farmers, Brexit and COVID brew a perfect storm
By Kate Holton and James Davey DRIFFIELD, England (Reuters) - When Nigel Upson checks the plucked chicken carcasses dangling from a rotating line at his poultry plant in England, he sees cash haemorrh...
Syndicated Content Oct 18, 2021
Taiwan’s Foxconn shows off three electric vehicle prototypes
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan tech giant Foxconn unveiled its first three electric vehicle prototypes on Monday, underscoring ambitious plans to diversify away from its role of building consu...
Syndicated Content Oct 18, 2021
Japan must issue bonds to fund pandemic-relief steps, PM Kishida says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday the country must issue government bonds to fund policies aimed at helping the public weather the hit from the coronavirus pandemi...
Syndicated Content Oct 18, 2021
Energy and commods hedge funds post big gains as prices skyrocket
By Maiya Keidan and Julia Payne TORONTO/LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds that bet on a big comeback for commodities enjoyed soaring returns in the first nine months of 2021 as the world faced an energy ...
Syndicated Content Oct 18, 2021
How green champion Sweden could end up exporting its carbon sins
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - When a Swedish court ordered the country's biggest cement maker to stop mining limestone by its huge factory on the windswept island of Gotland to prevent pollut...
Syndicated Content Oct 18, 2021
Stellantis, LGES to form battery production JV for U.S. market
(Reuters) -Automaker Stellantis NV and battery maker LG Energy Solution entered an agreement to form a joint venture to produce battery cells and modules for North America, the companies said on Monda...
Syndicated Content Oct 17, 2021
Exxon tells Texas refinery workers lockout will end if contract approved or union removed
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp on Sunday told workers at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery their six-month lockout will end if they ratify the company's contract offer or remove the Un...
Syndicated Content Oct 17, 2021
Electric vehicle battery startup ONE backed by BMW, Gates-led firm
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Michigan-based Our Next Energy, which is developing an advanced battery for electric vehicles, has raised $25 million from investors ranging from German automaker BMW to a ...
Syndicated Content Oct 17, 2021
Bitcoin hovers near 6-month high on ETF hopes, inflation worries
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitcoin hovered near a six-month high early on Monday on hopes that U.S. regulators would soon allow cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETF) to trade, while global inflation worri...
Syndicated Content Oct 17, 2021
Red light, green cash: Squid Game helps revive Indonesian cafe
By Adi Kurniawan and Heru Asprihanto JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian cafe is jumping on the global Squid Game bandwagon, hoping to fuel its pandemic recovery by recreating some of the games from the...
Syndicated Content Oct 17, 2021
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