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Standard Chartered 2020 pretax profit falls 57%, misses estimates
By Alun John and Lawrence White HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - Standard Chartered PLC (StanChart) on Thursday posted a 57% fall in annual profit, missing analyst estimates, as the Asia-focused bank stru...
Feb 24, 2021
United 777 plane flew fewer than half the flights allowed between checks: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A United Airlines plane with a Pratt & Whitney engine that failed on Saturday had flown fewer than half the flights allowed by U.S. regulators between fan blade inspections, two...
Feb 24, 2021
Boeing working with regulators, customers on return of 737 MAX in Asia: executive
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Boeing Co is working with regulators and customers to return the 737 MAX to the skies in Asia, a senior executive said on Thursday, where it remains grounded nearly two years aft...
Feb 24, 2021
European stocks set for record highs in 2021: Reuters poll
By Julien Ponthus and Danilo Masoni LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - A rebound in corporate profits is expected to send European stocks to record highs by the end of 2021, a year during which massive fiscal a...
Feb 24, 2021
S&P 500 to gain 6% in rest of 2021: Reuters poll
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - A surprisingly sharp rebound in the economy and earnings will drive further gains in U.S. stocks this year, though the S&P 500 is likely to end 2021 less ...
Feb 24, 2021
Brazil enacts law guaranteeing central bank autonomy
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed into law on Wednesday a legislation that establishes the autonomy of the country's central bank to make sure it is free of political inte...
Feb 24, 2021
Asian open higher as Fed’s Powell nixes inflation fears
By Echo Wang MIAMI (Reuters) - Asian stocks perked up on Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed interest rates would stay low, calming market fears that higher inflation mi...
Feb 24, 2021
UK services firms split on outlook as lockdown weighs – CBI
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - British business and professional services firms have reported the biggest improvement in their outlook in more than five years but consumer services firms - ha...
Feb 24, 2021
Dollar languishes near three-year lows as Fed’s Powell stokes reflation bets
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The safe-haven U.S. dollar languished near three-year lows versus riskier currencies on Thursday as continued dovish signals from the Federal Reserve stoked reflati...
Feb 24, 2021
UK needs 100 billion pound push from Sunak’s budget, think tank says
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak should follow the lead of the United States by announcing a 100 billion pound stimulus push in next week's budget to fuel an econo...
Feb 24, 2021
