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Futures ease after record rally on brightening economic outlook
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday as investors locked in some gains after the S&P 500 and the Dow closed at record highs on renewed recovery hopes. The S&P 500 has ri...
Apr 06, 2021
Bezos, Musk top Forbes’ record-setting billionaire list
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Forbes' annual world's billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year, th...
Apr 06, 2021
Traffic slows in Suez Canal as tanker faces difficulties
ISMAILIA (Egypt) (Reuters) - Marine traffic slowed in the Suez Canal on Tuesday as oil tanker M/T Rumford appeared to face difficulties in the south of the canal, shipping websites MarineTraffic and T...
Apr 06, 2021
Germany’s Scholz greets U.S. move to work on global corporate minimum tax rate
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz welcomed on Tuesday a pledge by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to work on a global corporate minimum tax rate, adding that a deal among mor...
Apr 06, 2021
India court dismisses ByteDance’s plea to unblock bank accounts
By Abhirup Roy MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Tuesday dealt a blow to China's ByteDance by dismissing its plea to unblock its bank accounts which have been frozen by federal authorities investi...
Apr 06, 2021
UAE’s first nuclear power plant begins commercial operations
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' first nuclear power plant started commercial operations on Tuesday, the Gulf Arab state's leaders announced on Twitter. The Barakah nuclear power plant in t...
Apr 06, 2021
Patchy corporate climate disclosure prompts G20 watchdog to act
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - G20 companies will face common disclosure requirements on climate change risks under plans by the Financial Stability Board, which coordinates financial rules for the g...
Apr 06, 2021
What happens when women run the economy? We’re about to find out
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women now hold many of jobs controlling the world's largest economy - and they're trying to fix it. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Commerce Secretary Gina Rai...
Apr 06, 2021
Euro zone unemployment unchanged in February
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone unemployment was unchanged in February compared to an upwardly revised reading for January, data showed on Tuesday, as European furlough schemes limited the impact of th...
Apr 06, 2021
Germany expects deal on new IMF reserves to help poorest countries in pandemic
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany expects world financial leaders this week to back a $650 billion new allocation of the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to help countries cope with...
Apr 06, 2021
