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Boston Consulting teams up with carbon capture technology company
ZURICH (Reuters) - Boston Consulting Group has teamed up with carbon capture technology company Climeworks to help to develop its business, which focuses on capturing carbon dioxide directly from the ...
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Africa’s banks take on telcos in battle for upwardly mobile money
By Frank Phiri and Emma Rumney BLANTYRE (Reuters) - When Joyce Rejista ran out of money at a music festival she found herself in a familiar fix for villagers across Malawi, needing cash in places wher...
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Biden ‘Summit for Democracy’ to rally nations against rising authoritarianism
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will gather 111 world leaders in a virtual meeting dubbed the Summit for Democracy, in what Washington hopes will be a ...
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North Carolina Supreme Court delays primary elections until May 2022
(Reuters) -The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered primary elections in the state delayed from March until May of 2022, citing legal challenges to gerrymandered political maps. The court...
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Japan to swiftly consider steps on capital gains tax reform -draft
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party on Thursday approved a plan that steered clear of major new taxes on carbon and capital gains, in a sign Prime Minister Fum...
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Oil stays on the rebound as Omicron fears ease
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains on Thursday on confidence that the Omicron coronavirus variant would not dent global growth, even as some governments stepped up curbs to...
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Hope rally turns choppy as hot U.S. inflation looms
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - Stocks rose in choppy trade on Thursday as worries about the economic impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant ebbed but increasing caution ahead of U.S. inflation...
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China’s factory gate inflation slows in Nov
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory-gate inflation slowed in November, driven by a government crackdown on runaway commodity prices and an easing power crunch, amid Beijing's efforts to bolster the fa...
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Shares of embattled developer China Evergrande rise 5% in early trade
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of China Evergrande Group rose more than 5% on Thursday as hopes of a managed debt restructuring calmed fears of a messy corporate collapse after the developer missed a de...
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Dollar stays soft, with Omicron still top of mind
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - The dollar failed to pick up ground on most major peers on Thursday as markets saw optimism in early data hinting the Omicron variant of the new coronavirus may not ...
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