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Hedge fund Indaba pushes Benefitfocus to put itself up for sale
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Indaba Capital is pushing benefit management software company Benefitfocus Inc. to put itself up for sale after years of poor returns and high turnover in the...
Feb 11, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims edge down as labor market recovery stalls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits inched down last week, consistent with a recent stalling in the labor market recovery. Initial claims f...
Feb 11, 2021
Global regulators back plan for climate risk disclosures body
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Global market regulators have thrown their weight behind plans for a new international standards body for company disclosures on climate risks and sustainability, sayin...
Feb 11, 2021
Exclusive: Vietnam intervened in currency markets weeks after U.S. censure: sources
By Phuong Nguyen and Tom Westbrook HANOI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - After being branded a "currency manipulator" by the United States in December for trying to keep the dong from rising in value, Vietnam i...
Feb 11, 2021
EU lawmakers extend airline slot relief through summer
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Thursday approved measures to suspend competitive access to airport slots throughout the summer as the coronavirus travel slump drags ...
Feb 11, 2021
Citing China threat, business groups, experts push Biden administration for digital policy
By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration needs to develop an aggressive, coherent digital policy to counter China's growing technological power, industry group...
Feb 11, 2021
French wine exports sour on U.S. tariffs, COVID-19 crisis
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. tariffs and coronavirus restrictions that shut restaurants, bars and airport duty free stores in many countries wiped 13.9% off the revenues of French wine and spirits exporters...
Feb 11, 2021
PepsiCo expects revenue to grow in 2021 as vaccines take effect
(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc said on Thursday it expects organic revenue to grow in 2021 on hopes that consumers would return to pre-pandemic lifestyles as economies reopen and COVID-19 vaccinations roll o...
Feb 11, 2021
Huawei’s U.S. suppliers try to reverse Trump’s late sales denials
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Semiconductor firms are seeking extra time to appeal last-minute Trump administration moves to block sales to Chinese telecoms company Huaw...
Feb 11, 2021
Exclusive: How GameStop missed out on capitalizing on the Reddit rally
By Jessica DiNapoli, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - GameStop Corp decided it could not seize on the Reddit-fueled rally in its shares to sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth...
Feb 11, 2021
