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Canada housing starts up 21.6% in March to new record – CMHC
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian housing starts rose 21.6% in March compared with the previous month, easily beating expectations and hitting a new record, data from the Canadian Mortgage a...
Apr 19, 2021
Union files objections to Amazon election results, alleging layoffs were threatened
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - A labor group that did not secure enough votes from Amazon.com Inc warehouse workers in Alabama to form a union has formally objected to the election results and alleged ...
Apr 19, 2021
McDonald’s adds K-pop spice to menu with new BTS meal
(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp has tapped Korean pop sensation BTS to promote a new meal, in a move that the world's largest fast-food chain hopes will expand the reach of its U.S.-based celebrity promot...
Apr 19, 2021
Danske CEO bows out over Dutch ABN money laundering inquiry
By Anthony Deutsch and Nikolaj Skydsgaard AMSTERDAM/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danske Bank's chief executive Chris Vogelzang, who was hired to help it recover from a multi-billion dollar money laundering ...
Apr 19, 2021
Brazil economic activity surges in February, before COVID-19 second wave impact
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's economic activity surged in February, a central bank index showed on Monday, one of the strongest gains on record and a sign that the economy had been h...
Apr 19, 2021
UK intervenes in Nvidia’s takeover of ARM on national security grounds
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it would intervene in SoftBank's sale of chip designer ARM Holdings to U.S. group Nvidia on national security grounds. Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden said: "...
Apr 19, 2021
Tribune says Swiss billionaire Wyss walks away from buyout bid
(Reuters) -Tribune Publishing Co said on Monday Swiss billionaire Hansjoerg Wyss had decided to leave a group that had made a $680 million approach for the owner of the Chicago Tribune and the New Yor...
Apr 19, 2021
Brazil’s 2022 inflation outlook above official goal for first time, survey shows
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's 2022 inflation outlook rose above the central bank's official year-end goal for the first time, while the growth outlook for this year fell for a seventh consecutive week...
Apr 19, 2021
Junk, emerging-market firms eager to borrow as further rates rise in sight
By Yoruk Bahceli and Tom Arnold (Reuters) - Junk-rated and emerging-market companies look set to raise record amounts of debt in coming months, urged on by bankers who advise taking advantage of fundi...
Apr 19, 2021
New Danske CEO to stick with strategy of departing Vogelzang
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Carsten Egeriis, who was named as Danske Bank chief executive on Monday, said he plans to continue the strategy set out by his predecessor for Denmark's la...
Apr 19, 2021
