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China to boost scrutiny of online ride hailing firms -ministry
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will ramp up its scrutiny of online ride-hailing firms under plans to strengthen the protection of worker rights and require firms to amend any non-compliant operations, the...
Jul 30, 2021
Fed’s Powell bets economy will navigate new coronavirus surge
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's belief that the U.S. economy has "learned to handle" the coronavirus and won't be swamped in a fresh wave of infections...
Jul 30, 2021
Exclusive-U.S. regulator freezes Chinese company IPOs over risk disclosures -sources
By Echo Wang, Scott Murdoch and Kane Wu (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stopped processing registrations of U.S. initial public offerings (IPOs) and other sales of se...
Jul 30, 2021
Chevron tops profit estimates, joins share buyback stampede
By Shariq Khan (Reuters) -Chevron Corp on Friday reported its highest profit in six quarters and joined an oil industry stampede to reward investors with share buybacks, as rebounding crude oil prices...
Jul 30, 2021
Shooting overnight leaves one injured
PEORIA, Ill. — A shooting in Peoria’s East Bluff sent a man to the hospital Thursday night. Peoria Police were called to the 800 block of E. Arcadia by a ShotSpotter alert around 10:10 p.m...
Jul 30, 2021
Hong Kong’s economic recovery loses steam in Q2, but recovery on track
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's economy lost some momentum in the second quarter but still expanded by 7.5% from a year earlier, as domestic and global activity continued to recover from last year's...
Jul 30, 2021
Take Five: Jobs, crackdowns and a fork
(Reuters) - 1/ OUT OF SURPRISES? Is this year's sharp U.S. growth rebound losing momentum? A raft of economic data due in the world's biggest economy will provide clues. U.S. non-farm payrolls on Aug....
Jul 30, 2021
‘David vs Goliath’ – Venice ban may not end cruise ship battle
By Alex Fraser VENICE (Reuters) - When the first cruise ship since the start of the pandemic sailed through the Venice lagoon last month, hundreds of people rallied on land and small boats in protest....
Jul 30, 2021
China education fund tumbles after ill-timed launch
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Following an ill-timed launch, a Chinese fund that promised to offer global investors a "golden" opportunity to buy Chinese education stocks has dropped more than 40% this month, ...
Jul 30, 2021
South Africa’s Ster-Kinekor bets on drive-in cinema under the stars
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Under the stars of the South African night, the movie-goers who used to throng a cinema among the shops of Johannesburg's Sandton City mall, have since the p...
Jul 30, 2021
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