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Australian buy-now-pay-later Zip enters India with $50 million investment
(Reuters) - Australian buy-now-pay-later firm Zip Co Ltd said on Wednesday it had agreed to invest $50 million to acquire a minority interest in Indian peer, ZestMoney, as part of its global expansion...
Sep 21, 2021
Vanguard says it supported more environmental and social resolutions
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Vanguard Group Inc said on Tuesday it supported environmental and socially focused shareholder resolutions 20% of the time this year, up from 6% in 2020, as climate change a...
Sep 21, 2021
China Evergrande inches close to default deadline, investors wait
NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group, once China's top-selling property developer, inched closer to a key deadline where it risks a default on its bonds, but world markets were calmer...
Sep 21, 2021
Pret to serve suburbs, stations and motorways in shift from skyscrapers
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger plans to double in size over the next five years, replacing a previous UK focus on offices with expansion in regional and subu...
Sep 21, 2021
INEOS to switch Grangemouth to hydrogen in $1.4 billion pursuit of net zero
LONDON (Reuters) - INEOS said on Wednesday it will convert its vast Scottish petrochemicals plant and oil refinery at Grangemouth to run on hydrogen at a cost of more than 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billi...
Sep 21, 2021
Bill to fund U.S. government, suspend debt limit advances in House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democrat-backed bill to fund the U.S. federal government through Dec. 3 and suspend its borrowing limit until the end of 2022, cleared a House of Representatives procedural vo...
Sep 21, 2021
IMF says China has tools to avoid Evergrande’s problems becoming systemic crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said it is closely following developments surrounding China Evergrande Group, but believes Beijing has the tools to prevent the situat...
Sep 21, 2021
Entergy estimates repair costs of up to $2.6 billion from Hurricane Ida
(Reuters) - Entergy Corp said on Tuesday it expects restoration costs for electrical facilities damaged by Hurricane Ida to be between $2.1 billion to $2.6 billion. The energy company said Hurricane I...
Sep 21, 2021
Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania's Defense Ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now after a governme...
Sep 21, 2021
U.S. railroad Amtrak to require employee COVID-19 vaccinations
(Reuters) - U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday it will require nearly all of its 18,000 employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Nov. 22. The railroad said in an email to employees th...
Sep 21, 2021
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