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Factbox: Upcoming coupon payments by Chinese property developers
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group on Tuesday missed its third round of bond payments in three weeks, intensifying market fears over contagion involving other property developers as a wall of...
Oct 12, 2021
EU antitrust regulators resume Illumina, Grail probe, decision due by Feb. 4
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have resumed their scrutiny of U.S. life sciences company Illumina's bid for Grail Inc after a two-month temporary halt and will decide by Feb. 4 whether t...
Oct 12, 2021
UK nature needs almost 100 billion stg investment over next decade – report
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Tens of billions of pounds-worth of private investment will be needed for the United Kingdom to achieve the nature-related targets it has set as part of its climate ...
Oct 12, 2021
Macron unveils 30 billion euro “France 2030” investment plan
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled on Tuesday a five-year, 30 billion euro ($35 billion) investment plan aimed at fostering industrial champions in areas ranging from green en...
Oct 12, 2021
Amazon launches Prime service in Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) - Amazon on Tuesday launched its Amazon Prime service offering free delivery and video streaming in Poland, sending shares in rival Polish e-commerce platform Allegro lower. Amazon's ...
Oct 12, 2021
Money markets ramp up global rate hike bets, add pressure on central banks
By Saikat Chatterjee and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - As inflationary pressures mount worldwide, money markets are charging ahead with pricing aggressive interest rate rises, in most cases bett...
Oct 12, 2021
U.N.’s Carney calls for multilateral development banks to up climate ambition
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - The world's multilateral development banks need to "up their ambition" in terms of the financing provided for climate-related projects, United Nations climate envoy ...
Oct 12, 2021
Hungary’s 4iG to buy controlling stake in Israeli satellite firm Spacecom
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli satellite operator Spacecom said on Tuesday that Budapest-based 4iG agreed to buy a 51% stake in the company for $68 million through a private shares placement. The deal ...
Oct 12, 2021
Factbox: Chinese developers that missed or are set to miss offshore bond payments since Sept
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cash-strapped China Evergrande Group missed its third round of bond coupon payments in three weeks, as the one-time top-selling property developer in China wrestles with more tha...
Oct 12, 2021
It’s an allegory: North Korea website says ‘Squid Game’ reflects South Korea’s ‘beastly’ society
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean propaganda website said on Tuesday that the international Netflix hit "Squid Game" exposes the reality of South Korean capitalist culture where "corrupti...
Oct 12, 2021
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