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Brazil inflation tops 5% for first time in over four years
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Brazil rose above 5% in February for the first time in more than four years, official figures showed on Thursday, above analysts' expectation...
Mar 11, 2021
Britain set to keep door open for EU derivatives customers
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is set to allow banks to continue trading derivatives in the European Union after a review this month, given that pulling down the shutters would not bring back...
Mar 11, 2021
U.S. curbs on raw material exports could dent new Quad alliance’s vaccine push
By Rupam Jain and Euan Rocha MUMBAI (Reuters) - The U.S.-backed Quad alliance aims to invest in India's pharmaceutical capacity as it looks to ramp up COVID vaccine output, but U.S. curbs on exports o...
Mar 11, 2021
Insurers, reinsurers prepare for battle over UK COVID-19 business payments
By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - Top insurance companies, ordered by Britain's highest court to pay thousands of small businesses millions of pounds in claims for COVID-19 disrupt...
Mar 11, 2021
Special Report: Insider alleges Eli Lilly blocked her efforts to sound alarms about U.S. drug factory
By Marisa Taylor and Dan Levine (Reuters) - On a chilly spring morning in 2019, Amrit Mula arrived in her office at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co's factory in Branchburg, New Jersey, to find a...
Mar 11, 2021
BAT to pick up stake in Canada-based pot producer Organigram
(Reuters) - British American Tobacco said on Thursday it will buy a nearly 20% stake in Canada-based cannabis producer Organigram for about 126 million pounds ($175.81 million) as it diversifies beyon...
Mar 11, 2021
Futures jump on calmer bonds as inflation worries ease
By Medha Singh and Shashank Nayar (Reuters) - Futures tied to the Nasdaq 100 index jumped on Thursday as U.S. bond yields retreated to one-week lows on ebbing concerns over a strong pick up in inflati...
Mar 11, 2021
EU study finds COVID-19 has already wiped out 6 million jobs
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out some 6 million jobs in the European Union, according to a study released on Thursday, with temporary contra...
Mar 11, 2021
German IWH institute cuts German 2021 GDP forecast
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's IWH economic institute on Thursday cut its 2021 growth forecast for Europe's largest economy to 3.7% from 4.4% in December as the country risks a third wave of the coronav...
Mar 11, 2021
Italy set to launch 40-bln euro fund for virus-hit companies: sources
By Giuseppe Fonte and Elisa Anzolin ROME (Reuters) - Italy plans to launch a fund worth up to 40 billion euros ($47.8 billion) this month to help its companies hit by the coronavirus crisis raise capi...
Mar 11, 2021
