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Fossil fuel demand shakes off pandemic in blow to climate fight
By Noah Browning and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) - Demand for coal and natural gas has exceeded pre-COVID-19 highs with oil not far behind, dealing a setback to hopes the pandemic would spu...
Oct 04, 2021
From ‘Animal Crossing’ to Netflix: Unilever and P&G search for young consumers in a pandemic
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Unilever Plc and Procter & Gamble, the world's top two advertisers, are seeking out younger audiences by reallocating some 2021 spending away from traditional TV and...
Oct 04, 2021
Meet the 81-year-old climbing Scottish mountains for his sick wife
By Natalie Thomas BALLACHULISH, Scotland (Reuters) - At the windswept summit of Buachaille Etive Mr, a Scottish peak more than 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) above sea level, 81-year-old Nick Gardner stops t...
Oct 04, 2021
Japan’s outgoing Finance Minister Aso said he urged BOJ to lower inflation target
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's outgoing finance minister, Taro Aso, said on Monday he had proposed lowering the central bank's 2% inflation target when prices took a hit from plunging oil prices from 2014 ...
Oct 04, 2021
IMF urged to create new trust to bolster work on climate resilience
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should create a new instrument that lets richer countries channel their newly created IMF reserves to help a broader set o...
Oct 04, 2021
Analysis: Global natgas price surge looms for United States this winter
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - Regional natural gas markets in the United States are seeing prices for this winter surge along with global record highs - suggesting that the energy bills causing headac...
Oct 04, 2021
Hopson Development to buy Evergrande unit -Global Times, citing media reports
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hopson Development plans to acquire around 51% of China Evergrande's property services unit for more than HK$40 billion ($5 billion), China's Global Times newspaper said on Monda...
Oct 03, 2021
The night before: 5 ways to navigate the pending holiday gift crunch
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - If your kids have their hearts set on a particular toy this holiday season, a word of warning: It might not be easy as wandering into a store and plucking it off a...
Oct 03, 2021
Asian shares slip as Evergrande, inflation worries sap positive mood
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares dipped on Monday as concerns about China's property sector and inflation worries offset upbeat U.S. data and positive news on new drugs to fight the cor...
Oct 03, 2021
Dollar firm as China Evergrande nerves resurface
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar found support just below last week's peaks on Monday as renewed concerns about China's property sector and looming U.S. labour data put investors in a...
Oct 03, 2021
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