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Japan household spending falls on persistent COVID-19 pressure
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending fell 3.0% in August from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, as state of emergency curbs to combat the coronavirus pandemic...
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Yellen says having a debt ceiling has become increasingly damaging to U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday she was pleased the Senate was moving toward suspending the debt limit but she added that having a debt ceiling has become ...
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Republican lawmakers accuse White House of pressuring airlines on vaccines
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. lawmakers on Thursday accused the White House of pressuring U.S. airlines to require their employees be vaccinated for COVID-19 by a Dec. 8 deadline for...
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Chinese markets return from break to more Evergrande angst
(Reuters) - China's markets return on Friday after a seven-day break with barely any fresh insight of how regulators propose to contain the contagion from cash-strapped China Evergrande Group's debt p...
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Samsung says Q3 profit likely highest in 3 years on rising chip prices
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday its third-quarter operating profit likely rose 28% to the highest in three years, helped by rising memory chip...
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UK starting pay jumps by most on record as staff shortages bite – survey
LONDON (Reuters) - British employers increased pay for new staff by the most since at least the 1990s, according to a survey that will be studied by the Bank of England as it tries to assess how persi...
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U.S. Senate votes to raise debt ceiling, averting catastrophic default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to raise the U.S. federal borrowing authority by $480 billion and avoid possible catastrophic debt defaults later this month drew enough support in the Senate on Thu...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro pushes fertilizer project as he warns of shortage
(Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday his government planned to develop a project aimed at increasing the country's production of fertilizer and making it less reliant on imp...
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IMF chief Georgieva’s lawyer claims data probe violated World Bank staff rules
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers who investigated World Bank data-rigging allegations against IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva violated World Bank staff rules...
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Tesla moving headquarters to Austin, Texas, says CEO Musk
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Thursday that the electric carmaker plans to move its headquarter from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas. Musk spoke at Tesl...
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