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Analysis-New EU rules regulating U.S. tech giants likely to set global standard
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Landmark EU rules targeting Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft are likely to set a global benchmark and may even force the tech giants to be m...
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Beijing autoshow postponed due to COVID – sources
BEIJING (Reuters) - Organisers of the Beijing autoshow, which was scheduled to be held in late April, have postponed the event due to a recent flare up of COVID-19 cases in China, people familiar with...
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Oil drops as supply crunch fears ease, trading costs rise
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell about a $1 on Friday as the United States and allies considered releasing more oil from storage to cool markets and as traders faced higher costs f...
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Friendless yen faces third straight week of decline
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen was headed for its worst week in two years on Friday, pummelled by Japan's rising import costs and low interest rates, while commodity currencies were se...
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World Bank approves $830 million in loans to Colombia
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will receive two loans totalling $830 million from the World Bank to fund COVID-19 pandemic recovery and education efforts, the country's government and the bank said on Th...
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China’s JD Logistics locks in $1.1 billion in capital raising
(Reuters) -China's JD Logistics will price its issue of new shares at HK$20.71 each to raise HK$8.53 billion ($1.09 billion), according to a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing on Friday. The deal consist...
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Core inflation in Japan’s capital hits 2-year high in March
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose at the fastest annual increase in more than two years in March, propelled by soaring energy cost...
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Banks undermine their ‘net zero’ pledges through lobbying – report
LONDON (Reuters) - Thirty of the world's largest financial institutions are undermining their commitment to cutting carbon emissions by lobbying against climate regulation and by funding new fossil fu...
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Supreme Court justice Thomas’s wife urged Trump White House to overturn 2020 election -report
(Reuters) - Virginia Thomas, the wife of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, urged former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to work to overturn the results of the 2020 elec...
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Mexico’s president lets slip central bank’s announcement of rate hike to 6.5%
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank on Thursday voted to raise its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 6.5%, a decision that was unexpectedly announced hours ahead of schedule by P...
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