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Pandemic, climate change to dominate Asia-Pacific ministers’ meeting
(Reuters) - Ministers from the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC will meet virtually on Friday, hoping to chart a path forward for the region to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and address other pressi...
Oct 20, 2021
Bitcoin edges off all-time high but momentum for more gains this year seen intact
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell slightly in Asian hours on Thursday, a day after marking an all-time high on optimism around the launch of the first U.S. bitcoin futures ETF. The world's largest cr...
Oct 20, 2021
Qantas prepares planes for Sydney’s international reopening
By Jill Gralow and Jamie Freed SYDNEY (Reuters) - Qantas Airways Ltd engineers are preparing for the airline's fleet to ramp up international flying starting Nov. 1, when Sydney opens to fully vaccina...
Oct 20, 2021
Stocks shuffle higher with a wary eye on Evergrande
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks eked small gains on Thursday but the upbeat mood that lifted the Dow Jones and bitcoin to records ebbed on fresh worries about China's property sect...
Oct 20, 2021
Crown Resorts shareholders reject executive pay plans, but spare board
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Shareholders of Australia's Crown Resorts Ltd voted against the casino company's executive pay plans for a second straight year at its annual meeting on Thursday, but turned down a ...
Oct 20, 2021
Australia should change laws to accommodate crypto, Senate report says
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia needs to introduce new regulations for digital asset miners, such as tax discounts and a licensing regime for crypto exchanges, to be "competitive with Singapore, the UK a...
Oct 20, 2021
Former U.S. president Donald Trump launches new social media platform
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will launch his own social media app, TRUTH Social, that he said would "stand up to Big Tech" companies such as Twitter and Facebook that hav...
Oct 20, 2021
China Evergrande shares set to slide 10.5% after $2.6 billion deal collapses
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of China Evergrande Group are set to fall 10.5% on Thursday after a deal to sell a $2.6 billion stake in its property services unit fell through, in the latest blow to the...
Oct 20, 2021
Woodside flags 27% drop in Wheatstone gas reserves, shares fall
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Woodside Petroleum on Thursday slashed the gas reserves estimate for the Wheatstone project, operated by Chevron Corp off Western Australia, in an unexpected downg...
Oct 20, 2021
Bank of England to raise rates to 0.25% in Q1, possibly sooner – Reuters poll
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England will be the first major central bank to raise interest rates in the post-pandemic cycle but economists polled by Reuters think the first hike w...
Oct 20, 2021
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