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CAT prioritizes employees’ health and safety with COVID protocols
DEERFIELD, Ill. — In an effort to keep employees safe, Caterpillar, Inc. has announced enhanced protocols in the fight against COVID-19 and the Delta variant. Following the latest guidance from ...
Aug 02, 2021
Stimulus hopes lift Wall St futures ahead of manufacturing PMIs
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday as a $1 trillion infrastructure bill unveiled by U.S. Senators raised hopes of more fiscal stimulus, while investors turned ...
Aug 02, 2021
Thousands more Afghans can resettle in U.S. as refugees – State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of Afghans who may be targets of Taliban violence due to U.S. affiliations but are ineligible for a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) will have the opportunity to resettle ...
Aug 02, 2021
Luxury carmaker Ferrari sticks to main outlook after strong Q2
MILAN (Reuters) - Ferrari said on Monday its core profit tripled in the second quarter as shipments increased compared to same period in 2020 that was hit by COVID-19, but the carmaker failed to impro...
Aug 02, 2021
Delta variant bears down on China just as its economy loses steam
By Ryan Woo and Roxanne Liu BEIJING (Reuters) - The Delta variant poses new risks for the world's second-biggest economy as it spreads from the coast to China's inland cities and presents fresh challe...
Aug 02, 2021
Exclusive: Ethiopia to reopen bidding for second telecoms licence, officials say
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia will open bidding for its second telecoms operator licence this month, two senior government officials said on Monday, including the right to operate mobile financial ...
Aug 02, 2021
Grab’s sales jump 39% in Q1, ahead of record SPAC deal
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride hailing-to-food delivery group's first-quarter adjusted net sales rose 39% to a record $507 million and the Singapore-based firm reduced its l...
Aug 02, 2021
Foot Locker to buy two retailers for $1.1 billion – WSJ
(Reuters) - Footwear retailer Foot Locker Inc will buy two retailers for a total of about $1.1 billion in cash deals, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Foot Locker is expected to announce th...
Aug 02, 2021
In Bolsonaro’s backyard, Brazil central bank pressures banks to hew to greener line
By Carolina Mandl and Jamie McGeever SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank is preparing to require banks to account for potential losses from climate change-related phenomena such as dr...
Aug 02, 2021
Financial regulators urgently need to get a grip on ‘Big Tech’ – BIS
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Central banks and financial regulators urgently need to get to grips with the growing influence of 'Big Tech', according to top officials from central bank umbrella gr...
Aug 02, 2021
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