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Vietnam’s biggest city proposes Sept 15 economic restart after lockdown
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's coronavirus epicentre Ho Chi Minh City is proposing to resume its economic activities from Sept. 15 after a strict lockdown, in a shift from its "Zero-COVID-19" containment...
Sep 03, 2021
Japan seen upgrading Q2 GDP on stronger business spending: Reuters poll
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy likely grew more than initially reported in the second quarter thanks to stronger business spending, a Reuters poll showed, though a resurgence of c...
Sep 03, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. funding tapped for Pacific undersea cable after China rebuffed
By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Federated States of Micronesia will tap a U.S. funding facility to construct a Pacific undersea communications cable, two sources told Reuters, after rejecti...
Sep 03, 2021
Fed likely to announce taper in November, former Fed official says
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - omThe U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to announce the tapering of its asset purchases in November and begin the process a month later, former Federal Reserve offic...
Sep 03, 2021
India August service activity grows at fastest pace since pandemic began
BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's dominant services industry returned to growth in August, expanding at its fastest pace since the pandemic began, as businesses reopened amid improved vaccination rates, a...
Sep 03, 2021
Biden to visit hard-hit Louisiana to see damage from Hurricane Ida
By Steve Holland and Devika Krishna Kumar WASHINGTON/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden travels to Louisiana on Friday to get a first-hand look at the destruction wrought by Hurricane Id...
Sep 03, 2021
U.S. has no plans to release billions in Afghan assets, Treasury says
By Andrea Shalal and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has no plans to release billions in Afghan gold, investments and foreign currency reserves parked in the United S...
Sep 03, 2021
Britain’s trucker shortage jams post-pandemic recovery
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Two furloughed jumbo jet pilots and a burnt-out finance worker have been among the more unusual candidates to learn how to drive 44-tonne trucks at Laurence Bolton...
Sep 03, 2021
Biden calls emergency in New York over heavy rain, floods
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden declared an emergency in New York state, ordering federal aid to help regional responders tackle devastation left by a fading Hurricane Ida, the White House said i...
Sep 02, 2021
Biden approves New Jersey emergency declaration after heavy rain, flooding
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden declared that an emergency exists in the state of New Jersey and ordered federal assistance to supplement local response efforts due to conditions resulting from t...
Sep 02, 2021
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