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Canada annual inflation rate in February accelerates to 1.1%
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's annual inflation rate accelerated to 1.1% in February, up from a year-over-year increase of 1.0% in January, on higher gas prices, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. Anal...
Mar 17, 2021
Merck’s marketing executive Michael Nally to step down
(Reuters) - Merck & Co said on Wednesday its Chief Marketing Officer Michael Nally will leave the company, the second top executive to do so after the drugmaker announced last month its Chief Executiv...
Mar 17, 2021
Canadian home prices gains accelerate in February
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian home prices accelerated in February, rising 0.5% from January with all 11 major markets rising on the year for the first time since 2018, data showed on Wednesday. The Tera...
Mar 17, 2021
‘New Swedes’ left out as economy powers through pandemic
By Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden has powered through the COVID-19 crisis with an economy set to regain its pre-pandemic size by late-2021, but a surge in unemployment among its foreign-bo...
Mar 17, 2021
Services, food drive euro zone inflation in February
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - More expensive services and food drove euro zone consumer inflation in February, offsetting cheaper energy, data from the European Union's statistics office Eurostat said on Wedne...
Mar 17, 2021
Alitalia close to open tenders for units as Rome revises relaunch plan
ROME (Reuters) - Alitalia is close to launching open tenders to sell off its handling and maintenance businesses as the government is negotiating and revising the new carrier's industrial plan with Br...
Mar 17, 2021
Vodafone seen reaping 2.13 billion euros from Frankfurt IPO: bookrunners
By Arno Schuetze FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Vodafone is expected to price shares in infrastructure unit Vantage Towers at 24 euros ($28.60) each, valuing the firm at 12 billion euros in one of Europe's lar...
Mar 17, 2021
Futures muted as Fed takes center stage
By Shashank Nayar and Medha Singh (Reuters) - Futures tied to the S&P 500 and the Dow were subdued on Wednesday as investors held their breath ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy statement which cou...
Mar 17, 2021
Russia could invest $13.7 billion from ‘rainy day fund’ on infrastructure by 2023: finance minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia could invest 1 trillion roubles ($13.7 billion) from its National Wealth Fund on infrastructure projects between 2021 and 2023, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednes...
Mar 17, 2021
Exclusive: Venezuelan ministers were informed of deal ‘Citgo Six’ were jailed for, documents show
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - Six executives of U.S. refiner Citgo have been jailed in Caracas on graft charges since 2017, but court documents seen by Reuters show that top Venezuelan officials were made ...
Mar 17, 2021
