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ECB’s Lagarde warns of uncertainty about speed of vaccination
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro zone's economic outlook is marred by uncertainty about the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the speed of the vaccination campaign, European Central Bank President ...
Mar 22, 2021
India market regulator tightens rules for exchange disruptions
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's market regulator said on Monday that stock exchanges and other market entities will need to switch quicker to their backup sites to resume operations in case of disruptions,...
Mar 22, 2021
U.S. existing home sales drop sharply; prices surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home sales fell more than expected in February as cold weather blanketed many parts of the country, and a rebound could be muted by rising mortgage rates as well as higher ...
Mar 22, 2021
Turkey fines Unilever unit for preventing competition in ice cream sector
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's Competition Authority said on Monday it fined Unilever's Turkey unit some 480 million lira ($61 million), after ruling that it abused its dominant position in the ice cre...
Mar 22, 2021
UK shopper numbers edge higher as end of restrictions nears
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people heading out to shops across Britain rose by 0.5% in the week to March 20 from a week earlier, the eighth rise in nine weeks despite a national lockdown, market ...
Mar 22, 2021
Fed’s Powell: Would pursue digital currency only with Congressional support
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve would not proceed with a central bank digital currency without Congressional approval, and current research on the topic is focused on the risks and benefits...
Mar 22, 2021
Credit Suisse hit with extra EU antitrust charges in forex probe
By Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse has been hit with additional EU antitrust charges, three years after EU enforcers charged the Swiss bank with rigging foreign exchange rates in an a...
Mar 22, 2021
Mondelez to buy majority stake in UK snack bar firm Grenade in health push
(Reuters) - Cadbury chocolate-maker Mondelez International Inc said on Monday it would buy a majority stake in UK protein bar company Grenade, expanding the mix of its healthy snacks offerings. The te...
Mar 22, 2021
Brazilian businessmen demand urgent change in COVID response
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A group of hundreds of economists and businessmen, including shareholders of Brazil's largest bank, Itau Unibanco Holding SA, defended urgent change in the federal government res...
Mar 22, 2021
UK food and drink exports to EU plunged 75.5% in January: industry group
LONDON (Reuters) - Exports of food and drink from the United Kingdom to the European Union plunged by 75.5% in January, the Food and Drink Federation said on Monday, attributing much of the fall to po...
Mar 22, 2021
