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Analysis-In Chile’s polarized election, stark divides offer investors a silver lining
By Rodrigo Campos and Fabian Cambero NEW YORK/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's presidential election, the most polarized in decades, has given markets the wobbles. But there may be a silver lining for inv...
Dec 17, 2021
Central banks step up pace of their great stimulus retreat
LONDON (Reuters) - The last major central bank meetings of 2021 are over and the dividing lines are clear: those policymakers unnerved enough by high inflation to begin reversing pandemic-era stimulus...
Dec 17, 2021
Don’t cut off euro clearing in London for now, says EU watchdog
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - London's two big derivatives clearing houses should not be cut off from customers in the European Union until there are 'incentives' to shift business to the bloc such ...
Dec 17, 2021
Analysis-Reddit IPO to test social media platform’s ‘meme’ stock hype
By Dawn Chmielewski and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Reddit users have helped fuel dozens of "meme" stock rallies this year, from retailer GameStop Corp to movie operator AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. So...
Dec 17, 2021
Nicole Kidman has a laugh playing Lucille Ball
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nicole Kidman is having fun. The Oscar-winning Australian actress got her first real chance at physical comedy when playing the beloved American comedian Lucille ...
Dec 17, 2021
Top oil majors set for 2nd shot at coveted Brazil ‘pre-salt’ offshore fields
By Gram Slattery, Marta Nogueira and Sabrina Valle RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The world's top oil majors will compete in Brazil on Friday for the chance to snatch up some of the world's most coveted o...
Dec 17, 2021
Despite Omicron, Bank of Canada likely to signal earlier rate hikes possible
By Fergal Smith and Steve Scherer (Reuters) - With inflation surging, the Bank of Canada is likely to change its interest rate guidance in the new year so that it has the option to raise borrowing cos...
Dec 17, 2021
Britain toughens up climate-related disclosures by companies and funds
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog said on Friday it will increase from January the number of firms which should explain to investors how climate-change is hitting their businesses. The F...
Dec 17, 2021
Biden farm debt relief plan to exclude thousands of minority farmers, data shows
By Leah Douglas and Christopher Walljasper WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The latest version of the Biden administration's plan to forgive billions of dollars in farm debt - initially targeted at farm...
Dec 17, 2021
Defense case in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial enters second day
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell's defense lawyers on Friday will once again attempt to persuade jurors in the British socialite's sex abuse trial that the accounts of her four accu...
Dec 17, 2021
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