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Surging bond yields add to Canadian homeowners’ mortgage pain as renewals loom
By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) - The roughly 75,000 Canadian homeowners awaiting mortgage renewal notices next month are bracing for a shock interest rate jump due to a surprise global bond rally,...
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The Buenos Aires barber’s books: a history of 19,900% inflation
By Adam Jourdan BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The hand-written entries in the two dozen notebooks - date, haircut, price - chronicle decades of a Buenos Aires barber's working life. But they tell another s...
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Metro Bank rejected takeover approaches from Shawbrook -Sky News reporter
(Reuters) - British lender Metro Bank rejected a series of takeover approaches from business lender Shawbrook, including one made in the second half of last month, a Sky News reporter wrote in a post ...
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China forex reserves fall to $3.115 trln in September
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange reserves fell more than expected in September, official data showed on Saturday, as the U.S. dollar rose against other major currencies. China's reserves ...
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Ireland trims 2023 budget surplus, corporate tax forecasts
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland is set to collect 0.6% less tax than expected this year following a recent fall in corporate receipts and deliver a lower than forecast budget surplus that Tuesday's budget ...
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes northwestern Afghanistan – GFZ
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck northwestern Afghanistan on Saturday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. GFZ revised the magnitude down from an initial reading of...
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Desmond Tutu’s modest car reminds South Africans of his values
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu could have chosen practically any car in the world when billionaire Warren Buffett offered to buy him a vehicle. But in 2008, the ...
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Indian rescuers struggle to reach flood-hit areas where over 100 are missing
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Indian rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach flood-hit areas in the north-eastern state of Sikkim where more than 140 people are missing because the region is still...
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Haze hits Singapore as hot spots in Sumatra increases
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's air quality fell into the unhealthy range on Saturday, official readings showed, as increased forest fires from neighbouring Indonesia brought haze to the...
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Mild quake felt in Mexico city, no immediate reports of damages
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An earthquake alarm sounded in Mexico City late on Friday and mild shaking was felt in parts of the capital, according to Reuters witnesses, but there were no immediate reports...
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