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Japan’s finance ministry to use foreign reserves for ESG investments
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's finance ministry will start using foreign reserves to buy securities that meet environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, it said on Friday, joining a global tide o...
Oct 07, 2021
California bars forced non-disclosure clauses in severance agreements
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - California will bar companies from requiring non-disclosure agreements in settlements with employees over workplace harassment claims under a bill signed into law on Thursda...
Oct 07, 2021
BoK to hold fire but hike next month to mitigate high debt risk: Reuters poll
By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank will keep rates unchanged on Tuesday but will set the stage for a rate hike next month to follow the August rise, as high household deb...
Oct 07, 2021
Australia’s central bank sees risks in housing market “exuberance”
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's central bank on Friday warned that "exuberance" in a red-hot housing market was encouraging a build-up of debt that might destabilise the financial system, ...
Oct 07, 2021
Sachem Head owns US Foods stake, plans to push for changes
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investment firm Sachem Head Capital Management LP said on Thursday that it owns a stake in US Foods Holding Corp and plans to push for changes at the food s...
Oct 07, 2021
Japan household spending falls on persistent COVID-19 pressure
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending fell 3.0% in August from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, as state of emergency curbs to combat the coronavirus pandemic...
Oct 07, 2021
Yellen says having a debt ceiling has become increasingly damaging to U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday she was pleased the Senate was moving toward suspending the debt limit but she added that having a debt ceiling has become ...
Oct 07, 2021
Republican lawmakers accuse White House of pressuring airlines on vaccines
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - Two senior U.S. lawmakers on Thursday accused the White House of pressuring U.S. airlines to require their employees be vaccinated for COVID-19 by a Dec. 8 deadline for...
Oct 07, 2021
Chinese markets return from break to more Evergrande angst
(Reuters) - China's markets return on Friday after a seven-day break with barely any fresh insight of how regulators propose to contain the contagion from cash-strapped China Evergrande Group's debt p...
Oct 07, 2021
Samsung says Q3 profit likely highest in 3 years on rising chip prices
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday its third-quarter operating profit likely rose 28% to the highest in three years, helped by rising memory chip...
Oct 07, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
51 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Mist
