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Activist Toshiba shareholders score landmark win with vote for independent probe
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp shareholders voted on Thursday in favour of an independent investigation into allegations that investors were pressured ahead of last year's annual ge...
Mar 17, 2021
Oil falls a fifth day lower after U.S. stockpile build
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped for a fifth day on Thursday after official data showed a sustained rise in U.S. crude and fuel inventories, while the ever-present pandemic clouded the demand outl...
Mar 17, 2021
Several U.S. states sue Biden administration for revoking permit for Keystone XL pipeline
(Reuters) - Texas and several other U.S. states have sued the administration of President Joe Biden over his decision to revoke a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, Texas Attorney General Ken Pa...
Mar 17, 2021
Westpac to sell lenders mortgage insurance business to Arch Capital
(Reuters) - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp said on Thursday it will sell its lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) business to Arch Capital Group in a deal that will also make Arch Westpac's exclusive LM...
Mar 17, 2021
Dollar wobbles after Fed pushes back against rate hike speculation
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar was on the defensive on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled it was in no hurry to raise interest rates through all of 2023 even as it saw a ...
Mar 17, 2021
Bank of England to keep recovery hopes in check despite vaccine progress
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England will probably try on Thursday to keep a lid on expectations that Britain's economy is heading for a strong, vaccine-boosted recovery after s...
Mar 17, 2021
Britain sets sights on ‘Big Four’ auditors in market shake-up
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain proposed weakening the market grip of "Big Four" auditors on Thursday and making company directors responsible for spotting fraud after the collapses of retaile...
Mar 17, 2021
White & Case hires M&A lawyer Mason as deal-making rebounds – source
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. law firm White & Case has poached mergers and acquisitions veteran lawyer Ferdinand Mason from Jones Day to strengthen its corporate finance practice across...
Mar 17, 2021
Asian stocks set to mostly rise after Fed projects U.S. GDP surge
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Asian stocks were set for modest gains on Thursday after the Federal Reserve pledged to keep monetary policy and rates unchanged and projected a rapid ...
Mar 17, 2021
Japanese firms want BOJ to keep bond yields, ETF purchases steady – Reuters poll
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Two thirds of Japanese firms expect the Bank of Japan to curb rises in long-term interest rates and keep them steady, a Reuters poll found, ahead of the central ...
Mar 17, 2021
