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Westpac to launch zero-interest digital card with young consumers in focus
(Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp said on Wednesday it would launch a digital credit card this year that would offer zero interest and be aimed primarily at young customers who are seeking the convenie...
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Foxconn says looking at making EVs in Europe, India, Latin America
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan tech giant Foxconn is looking at making electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe, India and Latin America, Foxconn Chairman Liu Young-wai told a business forum in Taipei on Wednesda...
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Big fossil fuel producers’ plans far exceed climate targets, U.N. says
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Major economies will produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is consistent with meeting climate goals set in the 2015 Paris accord to ...
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Bitcoin sits below all-time high after U.S. ETF debut
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bitcoin hovered below record levels on Wednesday, the day after the first U.S. bitcoin futures-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) began trading, a development that market participa...
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Vietnam PM promises economy will rebound from COVID-19 hit
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's exports are likely to rise 10.7% in 2021, with annual inflation expected below 4%, the prime minister said on Wednesday, promising lawmakers that economic revival lay ahead...
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Japan warns of need for stable currency as weak yen lifts input costs
By Ritsuko Ando and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will watch currency movements carefully as exchange rate stability was important, a top government official said on Wednesday, in a warning tha...
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Japan’s Mount Aso erupts, alert level raised
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mount Aso, a volcano on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu, erupted on Wednesday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said, spewing volcanic ash 3,500 metres (2.17 miles) into the sky....
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Oil drops on China intervention to ease coal crunch
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices turned down after the Chinese government flagged it was looking for ways to tame record high coal prices and that it would ensure coal mines operate at ...
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Micron to build $7 billion plant in Japan’s Hiroshima – report
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. chip supplier Micron Technology Inc is set to invest 800 billion yen ($6.99 billion) in building a new factory in Hiroshima, western Japan, the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported o...
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Facebook plans to change its name – The Verge
(Reuters) - Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with ...
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