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Futures rise ahead of jobless claims, GDP data
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday, indicating a slightly positive end to a bruising month for Wall Street, with focus turning toward economic data and government funding negotiatio...
Sep 30, 2021
Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) - Carmaker Opel, which is part of the Stellantis group, said on Thursday it will close one of its plants in Germany until at least the end of the year due to chip shortages. Productio...
Sep 30, 2021
Brazil’s Petrobras to provide $56 million in cooking gas program for the poor
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras announced late on Wednesday it will provide 300 million reais ($56.23 million) to a 15-month social program that aims to help low-income...
Sep 30, 2021
European banks need regulation reset to catch U.S. rivals, Botin says
MADRID (Reuters) - Banks in Europe need more dynamic regulation to enable them to improve their profitability and catch up with their peers in the United States, the head of European Banking Federatio...
Sep 30, 2021
Analysis-U.S. Fed navigates policy minefield with impending digital dollar report
By Jonnelle Marte and Michelle Price (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve board will soon issue a hotly-awaited report exploring the potential adoption of a digital dollar, but with its governors and ...
Sep 30, 2021
Norway to close its last Arctic coal mine in 2023
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's state-owned coal company will close its last mine in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago in 2023, it said on Thursday, causing the loss of 80 jobs and ending 120 years of exploit...
Sep 30, 2021
Merck to buy Acceleron for about $11.5 billion in rare disease drugs push
(Reuters) - Merck & Co will buy drugmaker Acceleron Pharma Inc for about $11.5 billion, the companies said on Thursday, as the U.S. pharmaceutical giant looks to beef up its portfolio with drugs for r...
Sep 30, 2021
Draghi promised to speak up for climate funding at G20, activist says
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi promised activists he would speak up at the G20 summit in Rome to accelerate the pledge of $100 billion per year for vulnerable nations to mitigat...
Sep 30, 2021
Japan’s Mizuho hit with another glitch, some transactions delayed
TOKYO (Reuters) -Mizuho Financial Group's main banking arm said on Thursday a system glitch has been delaying some foreign exchange transactions, just a week after it was slapped with a regulatory pun...
Sep 30, 2021
Russia to host first royal wedding in more than a century
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's former Imperial capital is set to play host to the wedding of a descendant of the Russian royal family in the first such event in more than a century. Grand Duke George Mik...
Sep 30, 2021
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