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Philippines’ Duterte tables bill seeking to ease bank secrecy rules
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has included a bill seeking to ease the country's strict bank secrecy rules in his list of legislative priorities in his final year in office, t...
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Indonesia project to convert fuel-powered motorbikes to electric
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Wednesday launched a pilot project to convert motorcycles that run on combustion engines into electric-powered vehicles, part of a national drive to make transport mor...
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Travel, defensive stocks keep European shares steady
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -European stocks held steady on Wednesday as investors favoured real estate and healthcare stocks over economically sensitive sectors, on rising concerns over a spike in gl...
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Pandemic fatigue complicates Japan’s COVID fight, risks recovery delay
By Leika Kihara and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's state of emergency restrictions are not curbing movement as effectively as in the past, according to mobility data, hurting the government...
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Marketmind: Rate hike? Not yet, says New Zealand
A look at the day ahead from Tom Arnold. New Zealand's decision on Wednesday to hold fire on a highly-anticipated rate hike is a reminder of the challenges major central banks face in their bid to ste...
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UK inflation slows more sharply than expected to 2.0% in July
LONDON (Reuters) - British inflation fell back to the Bank of England's 2% target last month in an unexpectedly sharp drop, official data showed on Wednesday, with the clothing and recreation and cult...
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Carlsberg raises guidance after beating quarterly expectations
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish brewer Carlsberg raised its full-year earnings guidance on Wednesday after reporting second-quarter sales above expectations but warned that severe coronavirus restriction...
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Swedish games firm Embracer to buy 3 companies as sales, profits grow
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Embracer, Europe's largest gaming firm by market value, said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy three new companies after posting strong sales growth in the first quarter. The Swe...
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Baidu says 2nd-gen Kunlun AI chips enter mass production
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Baidu said on Wednesday it had begun mass-producing second-generation Kunlun artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as it races to become a key player in the chip i...
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T-Mobile says hackers steal about 7.8 million postpaid customers’ personal data
(Reuters) -T-Mobile US Inc said on Wednesday an ongoing investigation into a cyberattack on its systems revealed that some personal data of about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customers were com...
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