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Singapore’s Shopee changes the game in Brazil’s e-commerce sector
By Jimin Kang (Reuters) - Sea Ltd's Shopee took just two years to become Brazil's most-downloaded shopping app, winning users to its low-cost marketplace with its game-changing approach to e-commerce:...
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Australian economy likely already slowing in Q2 before Delta downturn
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's economy was likely already slowing before wide-scale coronavirus restrictions shuttered swathes of business and jobs, setting the stage for a vicious contr...
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China Evergrande says it will not hold news briefing after H1 earnings
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group, the country's debt-laden No. 2 property developer, said on Monday it will not hold a news conference after it reports its first-half earnings on Tuesday. ...
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Crown Resorts reports loss on pandemic curbs, regulatory costs
(Reuters) - Crown Resorts Ltd posted an annual loss on Monday, hurt by lockdown-led casino closures and regulatory costs, and said it was no longer talking to Oaktree Capital Group over the private eq...
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Dollar pinned as Powell plods toward tapering
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was nursing losses on Monday and kept near multi-week lows after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid out a slower-than-expected path to rate hike...
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Asian shares rise on dovish Fed chair, oil up as hurricane batters Louisiana
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares started the week with gains and the dollar was not far off two-week lows after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell struck a more dovish tone tha...
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Japan’s retail sales extend gains but COVID-19 challenges persist
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's retail sales rose for a fifth straight month in July, beating expectations as the consumer sector continued its recovery, although a c...
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Oil rises as Hurricane Ida pounds U.S. crude patch, Louisiana
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose around 1% on Monday after a powerful hurricane ploughed through the Gulf of Mexico https://www.reuters.com/world/us/gulf-coast-ports-close-loop-halts-oil-deliveries-a...
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New Orleans’ levees got a $14.5 billion upgrade. Will they hold?
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, the city went to work on building a $14.5 billion system of gates, flood walls and levees that would protect...
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Biden to welcome Zelenskiy to White House on Wednesday
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden will meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House on Wednesday in a show of solidarity between the two countries, th...
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