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Walmart flagged for failing cage-free chicken test in Latin America
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Retail giant Walmart is among the worst offenders in a new ranking of companies in Latin America that sell eggs from caged chickens, part of a new list of...
Apr 15, 2021
Citigroup profit triples on $3.85 billion reserve release
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc trounced analysts' first-quarter profit estimates on Thursday as its outlook for an economic recovery driven by vaccinations and government stimulus allowed it to release res...
Apr 15, 2021
Turkish cenbank holds rates at 19%, drops tightening pledge
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey's central bank held rates steady at 19% as expected on Thursday and dropped a pledge to tighten policy further if needed, in its first...
Apr 15, 2021
Elliott takes multibillion pound stake in GSK, FT says
LONDON (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Elliott Management has taken a multi-billion pound stake in British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Shares in GSK ...
Apr 15, 2021
Carbon tax could help Asian countries hit climate targets: IMF
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A carbon price that starts low and rises steadily could help Asian countries reach their targets under the Paris climate accord over the next decade, the head o...
Apr 15, 2021
Exclusive: Biden to bar U.S. banks from issuing Russian sovereign debt
By Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Thursday authorizing the U.S. government to sanction any sector of the Russian economy and will use it to restrict R...
Apr 15, 2021
Businesses urge EU and Britain to link their carbon markets
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Energy firms, businesses and traders from the European Union and Britain on Thursday urged the two sides to link their carbon markets, a move they said would help t...
Apr 15, 2021
Futures rise on solid corporate results, jobless claims data awaited
By Shivani Kumaresan and Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday ahead of weekly jobless claims and retail sales data as positive earnings reports from companies includi...
Apr 15, 2021
Policy hawks, courts will test ECB and euro debt markets
(Refiles story to fix typo in a chart; no changes to text) By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - Euro zone politicians, courts and policy hawks will pose a stiff challenge t...
Apr 15, 2021
Myanmar’s trade plunges because of virus and ‘political changes’: paper
(Reuters) - Myanmar's external trade has plunged because of the COVID-19 pandemic and "political changes", a state-run newspaper reported on Thursday, without mentioning violent turmoil following a Fe...
Apr 15, 2021
