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An election, a mine deal and China loom over Zambia’s IMF talks
By Joe Bavier and Karin Strohecker JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zambia and the International Monetary Fund begin discussing a loan programme and debt relief for Africa's first pandemic-era sovereign defau...
Feb 11, 2021
Exclusive: Goldman, other financial firms add China staff, eyeing growth
By Scott Murdoch and Samuel Shen HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global financial firms including Goldman Sachs, BlackRock and Fidelity International are poised to add hundreds of staff in China this year as th...
Feb 10, 2021
U.S. House panel approves $42.5 billion for transportation
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House committee voted Wednesday to approve a plan to provide $42 billion in assistance to transportation sectors and workers as part of a $1.9 trillio...
Feb 10, 2021
Tencent executive held by China over links to corruption case: WSJ
(Reuters) - An executive at Tencent Holdings Ltd has been held by Chinese authorities as part of a probe into a high-profile corruption case involving one of China's former top law-enforcement officia...
Feb 10, 2021
Oil drops after strong rally, demand hopes limit losses
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Thursday, giving up some of the recent strong gains, although losses were curbed by production cuts and hopes that rollouts of vaccines will drive a recovery i...
Feb 10, 2021
Dollar struggles for traction after soft U.S. inflation
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was pinned near two-week lows on Thursday, as softer-than-expected U.S. inflation and another Federal Reserve promise to keep interest rates low reinf...
Feb 10, 2021
Facebook may have vastly overpaid in data privacy settlement: court filing
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Facebook Inc may have paid $4.9 billion more than the maximum penalty it faced under a settlement agreement with regulators related to allegations it mishandled user privacy, a...
Feb 10, 2021
Yellen says Treasury will fight misuse of cryptocurrencies, foster innovation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned about an "explosion of risk" related to digital markets, including the misuse of cryptocurrencies, but said new financia...
Feb 10, 2021
Seadrill again seeks bankruptcy protection in bid to survive
By Nerijus Adomaitis and Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) - Offshore drilling rig contractor Seadrill has filed for bankruptcy protection at a U.S. court, it said on Wednesday, the second time in four yea...
Feb 10, 2021
UK housing market boom loses steam: RICS
LONDON (Reuters) - The boom in Britain's housing market cooled sharply in January as the country went back into coronavirus lockdown and a tax break for buyers neared its expiry, a survey showed on Th...
Feb 10, 2021
