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Japan’s SoftBank cuts borrowing from Mizuho, Goldman Sachs
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp trimmed borrowing from its main bank Mizuho Financial Group Inc by 4.5% in the year ended March to 812 billion yen ($6.38 billion), a filing showed....
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From baristas to inspectors: Singapore’s robot workforce plugs labour gaps
By Travis Teo SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After struggling to find staff during the pandemic, businesses in Singapore have increasingly turned to deploying robots to help carry out a range of tasks, from su...
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Dollar drifts toward monthly loss as Fed bets ease
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar nursed last week's losses on Monday and was headed for its first monthly drop in five months as investors have scaled back bets that rising U.S. rates...
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Asia stocks edge higher, dollar in the doldrums
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Monday while the dollar was pinned near five-week lows as investors wagered on an eventual slowdown in U.S. monetary tighte...
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Trinidad and Tobago in talks with Quanten LLC for refinery sale -minister
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago is in talks with U.S.-based Quanten LLC for the sale of the country's refinery, Energy Minister Stuart Young said on Sunday, more than a year after the go...
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AGL Energy shelves demerger plans, chairman & CEO to step down
(Reuters) - Australia's AGL Energy said on Monday that it would not proceed with the planned demerger of its operations due to mounting opposition from shareholders, led by its top shareholder Mike Ca...
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Australian regulator sues ANZ over alleged overstatement of account balances
(Reuters) - Australia's market regulator on Monday said it had commenced civil penalty proceedings against Australia and New Zealand Banking Group for allegedly misleading its customers with respect t...
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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi’s husband arrested on suspicion of drunk driving
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving late Saturday in Napa County, California, police records show https://services.countyof...
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Zero-COVID, big money: China’s anti-virus spending boosts medical, tech, construction
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - China's 'zero-COVID' policy of constantly monitoring, testing and isolating its citizens to prevent the spread of the coronavirus has battered much of the count...
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Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra raises $900,000 for military by auctioning Eurovision trophy
(Reuters) - Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra, which won the Eurovision Song Contest earlier this month, raised $900,000 for the country's military battling the Russian invasion by selling the contest's trop...
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