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Exclusive-Lithuania braces for China-led corporate boycott
By John O'Donnell and Andrius Sytas FRANKFURT/VILNIUS (Reuters) - China has told multinationals to sever ties with Lithuania or face being shut out of the Chinese market, a senior government official ...
Syndicated Content Dec 09, 2021
More companies in Asia seek carbon offsets after COP26 -industry exec
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's demand for carbon offsets is picking up as more companies in global supply chains, IT and banking sectors seek to lower their carbon footprint following th...
Syndicated Content Dec 09, 2021
Self-driving startup Robotics Research raises $228 million in funding
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Self-driving technology startup Robotic Research said on Thursday it has raised $228 million from investors including SoftBank to scale up its commercial division's so...
Syndicated Content Dec 09, 2021
Analysis-Superbonus! Italy’s green growth gambit lines homes and pockets
By Gavin Jones and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - When Briton Candida Arvanitakis decided to make her 18th century Italian holiday home more energy efficient, she was pleasantly surprised to find it ...
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Trucks catch up in the self-driving vehicle race
By Nick Carey and Paul Lienert OXFORD, England (Reuters) - We'd all be whizzing round in robotaxis by now if Elon Musk had been right. Instead, fully self-driving cars are struggling to get away from ...
Syndicated Content Dec 09, 2021
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 ...
Syndicated Content Dec 08, 2021
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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