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Asian shares track Wall Street higher, China rebounds
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares advanced on Tuesday, supported by a tech-driven Wall Street rally, and a rebound in Chinese markets a day after weak data heightened investor concerns a...
Oct 18, 2021
Oil prices fall as weaker China growth, U.S. output stoke demand concerns
By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday, with Brent down a second straight day, after Chinese data showed slowing economic growth and U.S. factory output dropped in September, ...
Oct 18, 2021
Australia central bank says Delta outbreak interrupts economic recovery
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank said the outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 had interrupted the recovery of the national economy but expects the setback to be temporary, with the ec...
Oct 18, 2021
Dollar softens amid bets other central banks to outpace Fed tightening
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar languished near the bottom of its recent range against major peers on Tuesday, knocked back by weak U.S. factory data overnight and on market wagers of f...
Oct 18, 2021
China says will help relieve “distress” of small companies – People’s Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's commerce minister Wang Wentao said the country will take action to relieve the "distress and concerns" of small- and medium-sized enterprises, in an interview posted in th...
Oct 18, 2021
University of North Carolina defeats challenge to race-based admissions policies
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ruled the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did not discriminate against white and Asian American applicants in a closely watched case c...
Oct 18, 2021
Russian businessman funded ex-Giuliani associates’ account, court records show
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Russian businessman funded an account used by two ex-associates of Rudy Giuliani to donate to U.S. political campaigns, according to documents shown in court on Mon...
Oct 18, 2021
One in three UK music jobs wiped out by COVID, report says
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out one in three jobs in the UK music industry, a trade body said on Tuesday, as it called for government support to help t...
Oct 18, 2021
BlackRock backs expansion of corporate climate data project
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc, the world's biggest asset manager, has thrown its weight behind a plan to provide free in-depth data on how thousands of companies are adapting to the...
Oct 18, 2021
Brazil eyes combining pandemic relief, ‘Bolsa Familia’ welfare in 2022, says source
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government is considering combining pandemic relief payments and "Bolsa Familia" welfare programs into a monthly stipend of 300 reais ($54.42) next year,...
Oct 18, 2021
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