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Accenture beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) - IT consulting firm Accenture reported second-quarter revenue on Thursday that beat analysts' estimates, as more businesses used its digital services to shift operations to the cloud. Reven...
Mar 18, 2021
Air China to buy 18 Airbus A320neo jets from GECAS subsidiary
BEIJING (Reuters) - Air China will buy 18 Airbus A320neo jets from AFS Investments Inc, a subsidiary of aircraft lessor GECAS, the airline said on Thursday, in a boost to Airbus as it competes with Bo...
Mar 18, 2021
British Airways-owner IAG to raise $1.2 billion survival bond
By Sarah Young and Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways-owner IAG plans to raise about 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) through a bond issue, which it said would help see it through if ...
Mar 18, 2021
U.S. House poised to pass immigrant protections for ‘Dreamers,’ farm workers
By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young "Dreamer" immigrants living illegally in the United States would be placed on a path to citizenship under a bill to be voted upon in th...
Mar 18, 2021
Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources
By Paresh Dave and Diane Bartz (Reuters) - Google's plan to block a popular web tracking tool called "cookies" is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking adv...
Mar 18, 2021
UK consumer spending slips, fewer people work from home
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer spending fell last week and the proportion of people working solely from home dropped, weekly official figures on the impact of COVID-19 on the economy showed on Th...
Mar 18, 2021
Swatch Group sees catch-up effect on sales in Asia, U.S.
ZURICH (Reuters) - Consumers are willing to splash out on watches in markets where shops are open, in Asia and also the United States, Swatch Group Chief Executive Nick Hayek told an online media brie...
Mar 18, 2021
Google to invest over $7 billion in U.S. offices, data centers this year
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it plans to invest over $7 billion in offices and data centers in the United States this year. (Reporting by Munsif Vengattil in Bengaluru; Editing b...
Mar 18, 2021
Irish assets worth 100 billion euros leave London due to Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) - Securities settlement for Irish assets worth more than 100 billion euros ($119 billion) has left London for the European Union in the latest adjustment in markets to Brexit. Pan-Eur...
Mar 18, 2021
Deutsche Bank first-quarter investment bank revenue up 20% so far this year: board member
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank Board member Fabrizio Campelli said on Thursday that the investment bank is off to a strong start in 2021, with revenue up about 20% so far in the first quarter. He...
Mar 18, 2021
