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Rolls-Royce looks to the future with start of UltraFan build
LONDON (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce said it had started building its new greener UltraFan engine and aims to have the first demonstrator model completed by the end of the year, in what it hopes will be a b...
Mar 29, 2021
Brazil services confidence in March slumps to lowest since last June: survey
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - The fall in Brazilian services sector confidence accelerated in March to its lowest since June last year, a survey showed on Monday, as the deadly second wave of...
Mar 29, 2021
Exclusive: Italy to cut 2021 GDP forecast to 4.1%, raise 2022 to 4.3% – sources
By Giuseppe Fonte, Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Mario Draghi's government expects Italy's virus-hit economy to grow by 4.1% this year and 4.3% in 2022, three sources close to the mat...
Mar 29, 2021
Thailand loses 1.45 million tourism jobs from pandemic: tourism group
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has lost about 1.45 million tourism jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, including 400,000 in the first quarter, a private tourism group said on Monday, as the country ge...
Mar 29, 2021
Exclusive: Adam Neumann’s final WeWork act – helping SoftBank’s SPAC deal
By Joshua Franklin and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - An unlikely figure helped set the spark for SoftBank Group Corp's $9 billion deal to take WeWork public. Adam Neumann, WeWork's co-founder and ousted chi...
Mar 29, 2021
Gen X emerging from pandemic with firmer grip on America’s wallet
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Crammed between the cultural extremes of the baby boomers and the millennials, members of Generation X saw their wealth jump during the Trump administration ...
Mar 29, 2021
Amazon says deliveries unaffected by strikes in Germany
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - U.S. e-commerce group Amazon on Monday said deliveries were unaffected by strikes at six of its sites in Germany. Trade union Verdi had called for workers to go on strike from ...
Mar 29, 2021
BRICS development bank approves $1 billion loan for Russia’s frontline health workers
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The New Development Bank (NDB) has approved a loan of up to $1 billion to support healthcare workers treating patients for COVID-19 in Russia, it said on Monday. The NDB was establi...
Mar 29, 2021
Futures slip as bank stocks fall on hedge fund default concerns
By Devik Jain (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dropped on Monday after Wall Street's surge in the prior session as major lenders came under pressure on concerns over possible spillover effects of ...
Mar 29, 2021
Ship backlogs from Suez chaos could take months to clear, container lines say
COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) - The stranding of a container ship in the Suez Canal has created disruptions in the global shipping industry that could take weeks and possibly months to clear, top contai...
Mar 29, 2021
