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Japan’s Suga wins ruling party leadership race to replace Abe
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Yoshihide Suga, a long-time ally of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election on Monday, paving the way for him to b...
Sep 14, 2020
French Finance Minister backs Le Drian over LVMH-Tiffany intervention
PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Monday backed an intervention by the country's foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in luxury goods giant LVMH's plans to back out of a takeo...
Sep 14, 2020
Nvidia’s Arm deal sparks quick backlash in chip industry
By Stephen Nellis, Josh Horwitz and Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO/SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp's $40 billion agreement to acquire Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp is likely to meet strong opposi...
Sep 14, 2020
Gulf’s fiscal diet risks deeper pain amid oil price uncertainty
By Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) - Oil-rich Gulf nations are relying on a well-worn playbook of spending less and borrowing more to get through the coronavirus crisis but with the outlook for oil c...
Sep 14, 2020
Trump visits California, Biden talks climate change as wildfires take campaign focus
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt LAS VEGAS/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will travel to California on Monday to be briefed about its devastating wildfires while Democratic riva...
Sep 14, 2020
South Korea government, Samsung team up for self-sufficiency after Japan export curbs on chip material
By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) - When the South Korea government unveiled an expanded semiconductor material testing facility last month, the centrepiece was a towering wh...
Sep 13, 2020
Asian shares on firm footing as vaccine trials resume
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares started higher on Monday as hopes of a coronavirus vaccine were rekindled after AstraZeneca resumed its phase-3 trial while sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big ...
Sep 13, 2020
Thiem claims U.S. Open title after thrilling fightback
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Austria's Dominic Thiem finally claimed his first Grand Slam title with a stunning comeback to beat Germany's Alexander Zverev 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(6) in Sunday's U.S. Open final. ...
Sep 13, 2020
ByteDance picks Oracle as winning bidder for TikTok’s U.S. operations – source
(Reuters) - China's ByteDance has picked a consortium led by Oracle Corp for a deal for the U.S. operations of short-video app TikTok, beating out rival bidder Microsoft Corp , a person familiar with ...
Sep 13, 2020
Microsoft says Bytedance won’t sell TikTok’s U.S. operations to it
(Reuters) - Microsoft said on Sunday it was informed by Bytedance that it would not be selling TikTok's U.S. operations to Microsoft. "We are confident our proposal would have been good for TikTok's u...
Sep 13, 2020
