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Debt-laden China Evergrande hit by lawsuit over late construction payment
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Huaibei Mining Holdings said its construction unit is suing Evergrande Group, the country's most indebted property developer, over an overdue 400 million yuan ($62 millio...
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China asks trust firms to clean up non-finance units and businesses
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banking and insurance regulator issued rules on Friday requiring the country's trust firms to clean up their non-finance subsidiaries and businesses. The rules, aimed at cu...
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Analysis-Why TV audiences are tuning out the Tokyo Olympic Games
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - Broadcasters will not be taking home any gold medals for how many people have watched the Tokyo Olympic Games so far. In several major markets around the world, the TV audi...
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TSMC reports gas contamination at key chip plant which supplies Apple – Nikkei
(Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's key plant that makes processors for Apple Inc was hit with a contamination of gas used in the chipmaking process, Nikkei reported on Friday. "As of n...
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Google says Microsoft balking at turning over documents in antitrust fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google has asked a judge hearing the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against the search and advertising giant to compel Microsoft to turn over documents, sayin...
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China July factory activity seen growing at a slightly slower pace: Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity likely expanded slightly less quickly in July, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, as the industrial sector's impressive recovery slowed on high raw material ...
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North Korea’s economy shrank most in 23 years amid COVID-19, sanctions – South Korea central bank
By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's economy suffered its biggest contraction in 23 years in 2020 as it was battered by continued U.N. sanctions, COVID-19 lockdown measures and bad weather, So...
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Seeing snow for the first time at 62: Brazilians revel in icy snap
(Reuters) - Temperatures dropped across Brazil on Thursday - with rare snowfall overnight in some places - as a polar air mass advanced toward the center-south of the global agricultural powerhouse, t...
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Former U.S. Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, dead at 87
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, a long-serving Democratic leader on national security issues who strenuously opposed the Iraq War and investigated U.S. detainee abus...
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Asian shares down, set for worst month since March 2020
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asian shares slipped on Friday, with a gauge of regional equities set for its biggest monthly drop since the height of global pandemic lockdowns last March, wh...
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