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Zimbabwe’s biggest business group warns local currency could collapse
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's currency is in danger of collapsing as companies resort to the U.S. dollar for transactions, the country's main business group said in a letter to its members, amid a cra...
Oct 11, 2021
Ancient factory exposes secrets of winemaking in the Holy Land
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A 1,500-year-old wine factory the size of a modern-day football field has been unearthed in Israel, showing how vintners met demand for high quality white wine popular throughout...
Oct 11, 2021
U.S. IPO boom braves market volatility
By Echo Wang and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Weeks of stock market volatility have done little to dent the record-setting pace of U.S. initial public offerings, with capital market insiders forecasting a ...
Oct 11, 2021
Two Norway wind farms lose licence in landmark ruling over indigenous rights
By Nora Buli and Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's supreme court stripped two wind farms of their operating licences on Monday in a case that could boost the legal rights of the country's indige...
Oct 11, 2021
U.N. chief urges world leaders to clinch WTO fisheries deal, document shows
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has written to world leaders calling on them to clinch a deal on curbing fisheries subsidies as negotiations near their final p...
Oct 11, 2021
French startup Swile gets unicorn status with $200 million Softbank-led fundraising
(Reuters) - Swile has raised additional an $200 million in a capital increase backed by Japan's Softbank, aiming at expanding its business internationally and beyond corporate benefits services, the F...
Oct 11, 2021
World Bank seeks $100 billion in donations to address ‘tragic reversals’ in development
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank hopes to raise $100 billion in donations for the International Development Association fund for poorer countries to address "tra...
Oct 11, 2021
Italy’s SECO aims for new acquisitions next year, looks at cybersecurity
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian SECO aims to make new acquisitions in 2022, the high tech group's Chief Executive Massimo Mauri said on Monday. "We are looking at the cybersecurity sector, especially in the...
Oct 11, 2021
Crypto analytics firm Elliptic raises $60 million from SoftBank, others
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic said on Monday it had raised $60 million from investors including SoftBank and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, the latest blockch...
Oct 11, 2021
Exclusive-Major coffee buyers face losses as Colombia farmers fail to deliver
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - Coffee farmers in Colombia, the world's No. 2 arabica producer, have failed to deliver up to 1 million bags of beans this year or nearly 10% of the country's crop, ...
Oct 11, 2021
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